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Prodigal Son

from kick the dust by Kyp Harness

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Prodigal Son


The towers came down and the mess that they made
Left a pathway of death through lands a half world away
They unleashed the beast then brought him to heel
Sent him back to his home behind bars of steel
The hangman came and unlocked the cage
Since then every day we live takes a year off our age

And the hogs feasted forever
They didn’t share with no-one, no prodigal son
The hogs feasted forever
They didn’t share with no-one, no prodigal son

Don’t like the road of good intentions? Try the bad one sometime
I’ve been sabotaged and double crossed,
I’m punchdrunk and blind
But I know that God’s mercy is mine to know
But I only believe it ‘cause you tell me so
The raconteur is stifled, the magician has no tricks
The third little pig didn’t build his house of bricks
Every human being lifted to the level of a god
Is a miserable self-dealing false healing fraud

And the hogs feasted forever
They didn’t share with no-one, no prodigal son
The hogs feasted forever
They didn’t share with no-one, no prodigal son


Who are you? Who am I? I don’t know
If you find out tell the person that I was long ago
Don’t wanna talk out of turn, don’t wanna create confusion
Tryin’ to get up to speed with the latest illusion
There is no limit to how high you can go
As long as you’re willing to sink down low
The fool is applauded, ignorance gets a hand
Wisdom goes lookin’ through garbage cans

And the hogs feasted forever
They didn’t share with no-one, no prodigal son
The hogs feasted forever
They didn’t share with no-one, no prodigal son


There is no law, there is no rule
There is no common interest, there is no school
There is no leader, no-one’s in charge
There’s not even a detective Sargent-at-large
He’s the king because he’s got no hypocrisy
He’ll still kill you dead but he won’t lie through his teeth
A whirlwind of chaos is spinning through the town
But don’t worry, it’s not gonna knock your house down
In the time of our reckoning we could know God’s reprieve
But we trifle with evil 'cause we truly don’t believe

And the hogs feasted forever
They didn’t share with no-one, no prodigal son
The hogs feasted forever
They didn’t share with no-one, no prodigal son

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from kick the dust, released April 26, 2024

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