To Kill a Catholic


To kill a Catholic, man
It takes something out of God
The wit that it takes is not far from the truth
That death casts a kindershine
On mediocrity

What makes a word liable to start a fire?
In what distant land where they don't understand
Your definition of hell

They haven't forgotten this aside to the dying
A footnote to an epitaph
Best left as a P.S.
A life played for keeps in the grip of a fist
Then you're dragging it around
Like some damn crucifix

What makes a prayer leave this world stillborn?
Whose distant hearts are secretly warmed
By your definition of obsolescence?

They answered a battle cry so terribly strong
It would curdle your heart if you heard it sung
Heads are alive with a call to marches
A call to psalms My God
Je voix une croix

What makes a word liable to start a fire?
In what distant land where they don't understand
Your definition of hell


Autor(es): Matthew Grimson