Looking For Satan In The Promised Land Lyrics

And so it ends

The way that it started

With one lonely candle and an ocean that parted

A night in the desert with no one to warm

The place in my heart that weathered the storm

A climb up the mountain where something's on fire

A new list of laws to temper desire

At the edge of a cliff with a pen in my hand

Looking for Satan in the promised land

And so it is over

Just like it began

With the wink of an eye like a flash in the pan

At the brink of disaster in line with the night

A blind man on crutches who's losing his sight

In the alley of death with a bottle of rum

Some soggy newspaper and yesterday's gum

Blood mixed with sweat as it dries on my lips

Swollen blue eyes that once tasted her hips

At the edge of a puddle of ashes and sand

Looking for Satan in the promised land

And so it's completed

Just like it was christened

With a melody aching when nobody listened

With a song in the night and nobody singing

The church is on fire but the bells are still ringing

The sermon is over

The message has died

Stranded in silence the truth even lied

To the prince and his dog buying time from a fool

While the princess gave up and broke every rule

At the edge of a nightmare unborn and unmanned

Looking for Satan in the promised land

And so it ends

The way that it started

With one lonely candle and an ocean that parted

A night in the desert with no one to warm

A place in my heart that weathered the storm

A climb up the mountain where something's on fire

A new list of laws to temper desire

At the edge of a cliff with a pen in my hand

Looking for Satan in the promised land

Where is he now?

He's in the promised land

I saw him somehow

In the promised land

In the promised land

Were you looking for Satan here in the promised land?