Blood In The Dust

from Odyssey by The Holy Rollercoasters

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lyrics

I don’t think I’m a good man but I’ve held my boy’s hand
As we crossed the road
I don’t think I’m a bad man but in certain situations
You find it necessary to ignore the blood in the dust
Well I opened the gate and drove up the long driveway
Coming home at last

After four harvests and a thousand bowls of gruel
And my boy was in the passenger seat but he was a man now
Ready to crucify me
Ready to deify me
And he told me of the men
Who waited for me in the farmyard
Picking at the bones of my good woman’s patience
And I can’t say I blame them
But it was time to come home
Time to come home to the

Blood in the dust
Hey you look who’s returned
Hey you blood in the dust
Hey you your fate is sealed
Hey you blood in the dust

I opened the Charger door
Set my foot upon the ground of my home

And that’s when I met the first blow to the back of my head
While my forehead hit the open door and I lay in the dust
As I met Penny for the first time
In the garden at her mother’s house

And she wiped her hands on her jeans and smiled
And my son was born and grew old
The first battle
The first time I killed
My mother in the garden and the lotus
And the blood soaked the back of my hair

Blood in the dust
Hey you look who’s returned
Hey you blood in the dust
Hey you your fate is sealed
Hey you blood in the dust

When I came to they’d already started the party without me
A little while later my boy Tele was emancipating
The cable ties on my hands when they saw us
I rubbed the wrists a few times stood
And made an experimental jab in the air to warm up

The first one came with a right hook and a wrench
I benched that wench and he took a sleep on a nearby svench
One two made a feint on three she made no complaint
Just stared at the ceiling
Tele made his mark his
Fists flew true

I could see him in the corner as I stood toe to toe with the last rat
Anitonus
Tried to knock me down with a stool
It was a prearranged provision, body punch with precision
Sack of potatoes in the dust
Unanimous decision
Hey you look who’s returned
Hey you blood in the dust
Hey you your fate is sealed
Hey you blood in the dust

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from Odyssey, released February 8, 2023

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The Holy Rollercoasters Brisbane, Australia

Inspired by the masters of rhythm and blues, the ecstasy and tragedy of love and the beauty and gothicism of the bible. Performed by non-religious soul, blues and jazz-worshipping Brisbanites. It shall be wild and you shall snap your fingers and wiggle your hips. And ye shall be healed. ... more

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