The Church - Aura

Capo: 3rd fret

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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We all came back from the war
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I wish somebody would tell me the score
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We raked old Poseidon over the coals
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Shook his shells, shaked his shoals

[Verse 2]
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Where can a soldier fix himself a drink
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Forget the noise, forget the stink
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And the opium is running pretty low
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‘Cause when the pain comes back, I don’t want to know

[Verse 3]
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Across yonder ocean the natives are fierce
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Their ears are filled their teeth are pierced
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But it’s not their spears that spill your breath
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They kill their enemies by loving them to death

[Bridge]
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[Verse 4]
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We were on some battlefield
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I felt something soft go through my shield
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I felt something warm enter my guts
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I was bleeding bad but there were no cuts

[Verse 5]
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They captured three of us, took us back to their village
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After a long long time I could decipher their language
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They worshipped Baal, they worshipped the sun
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They worshipped the son of the evil one

[Verse 6]
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They were more than voracious, they sucked our ambition
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They let me go on one condition
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That was when I came back to my native shore
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I tell you they don’t want to play with us anymore

[Bridge]
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[Verse 7]
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But a part of me will never be free
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And the part that’s free will never be me
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But a thing of love and beauty is in my head
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A message from our enemies, and here’s what they said

[Verse 8]
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They said that love equals hate
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And death equals fate
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An enemy always equals an adorer
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But priest equals aura

[Verse 9]
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Yeah, and life equals time
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And time equals space
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And space equals sublime
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And human equals race

[Verse 10]
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Oh and woman equals man
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And pot equals pan
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The fauna ought to equal the flora
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But priest equals aura

[Verse 11]
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And beginning equals the end
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The end always equals the start
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But straight equals bent
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The mind sometimes equals the heart

[Verse 12]
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And you equals me
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The land equals the sea
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Richer equals poorer
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And priest equals aura

[Solo]
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[Outro]
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