Shot To Hell Lyrics

Sipping wine in Elysian Fields

Where the sun is gold and the men genteel

I found myself a-wandering along a silver shore

When I came across a man I've never seen before

He said "Son, can you see where the horizon ends?

I'll sail out there and dive off the edge.

This world's a paradise, where I don't want to be

My story has been written but the plot unseen"

I said "sir, with respect, do you feel unwell?

You know our paradise is warmed by the fires of hell.

We live in blissful ignorance and hide the awful truth

So we can live a life of luxury and eat forbidden fruit"

Then he set his sails and hoisted anchor

The winds whipped, the waters churned

His brow sweat, his muscles burned

When the night turned to day

And the clouds had finally parted

He looked back at where he started

He watched the sea fall into open sky

Filled his lungs, closed his eyes

Crossed his heart, and hoped to die

And fell, shot to hell

When he awoke, he found his body was broken

Fading visions of the home he'd forsaken

The children found him there and sang his praise

"We are saved!"

"I'm sorry children," he replied in shame

"There is no heaven there to ease your pain

Above us only men and mankind's greed

But men are born of the same blood, and all men bleed

And hungry dogs will bite when greedy hands won't feed."

The winds whipped, the fires burned

He marched with the children armed

And they stormed the barricade!

When the gates had finally parted

He was back at where he started

He watched as Zion crumbled from the sky

Filled my lungs, closed my eyes

Crossed my heart, hoped to die

And fell, shot to hell