Shovel and Bone

Again!
Pry the belly, hook and a nail
First with shovel, then with bone
Coal and fire to the whale
First with shovel, then with bone
Break the lion, catch his tail
First with shovel, then with bone
Little Lambs tied to the rail
First with shovel, then with bone

Black tracks, black crows
Feeding on the face of a dear abandoned boy
Fighting for a taste with the flies
Black chains, black spikes
Hammering the steal and the wounds with shit and mud
Scabbing into railroad ties
Four, then twenty blackbirds fall
Where metal moans
And ghanti's curse
Pitch and flail beneath the malls
Strike the furnace, raise the hearse!
Again!

Pry the belly, hook and a nail
First with shovel, then with bone
Coal and fire to the whale
First with shovel, then with bone
Break the lion, catch his tail
First with shovel, then with bone
Little lambs tied to the rail
First with shovel, then with bone

Black lungs, black breath
Hissed across the faces of dear departing souls
Swallowing the guilt and ink
Black coal, black freight
Cutting with its teeth in ash and vein and skin
Clawing through the sludge and stink
Four, then twenty blackbirds fall
Where metal moans
Ghanti's curse
Pitch and flail beneath the malls
Strike the furnace, raise the hearse!
Again!

Pry the belly, hook and nail
First with shovel, then with bone
Coal and fire to the whale
First with shovel, then with bone
Pry the belly, hook and nail
First with shovel, then with bone
Coal and fire to the whale
First with shovel, now with bone

Heave on, heave on
Cast out your skin, fat to the feast
With each crumb that's offered another mouth springs
Surrender your wool and your kin to the beast
Heave on, heave on
Down the throat of a alle-alle-luia
Spoil an empty God

Pry the belly, hook and nail, Alleluia (All children of Heaven sing)
Coal and fire to the whale, Alleluia (Born of blood and cast of wing)
Break the lion, catch his tail (Alleluia, Alleluia)
First with shovel, now with bone (Alleluia)
Little lambs tied to the rail (Always Alleluia)
First with shovel, now with bone
Pry the belly, hook and nail (Lace my vest and mend my soul)
First with shovel, Alleluia (Alleluia)
Coal and fire to the whale, Alleluia! Ha-ha-ha (Vine and silver storms my role, Alleluia, Alleluia)
Break the lion, catch his tail (Alleluia)
First with shovel, now with bone (Always Alleluia)
Alleluia! Alleluia! Ha-Ha! Alleluia (Alleluia, Alleluia)
Pry the belly, hook and nail (Gates of pearl and tinsel dreams)
First with shovel now with bone(Alleluia)
Coal and fire to the whale (Spread and draw me to thy seams)
First with shovel now with bone (Alleluia, Alleluia)
Break the lion, catch his tail (Alleluia)
First with shovel now with bone (Always Alleluia)
Little lambs tied to the rail
Again!

Alleluia, Alleluia, Always Alleluia
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Alleluia