loving the alien

watching them come and go

the templars and the saracens

they're travelling the holy land

opening telegrams

torture comes and torture goes

knights who'd give you anything

they bear the cross of coeur de leon

salvation for the mirror blind

but if you pray

all your sins are hooked upon the sky

pray and the heathen lie will disappear

prayers they hide

the saddest view

(believing the strangest things

loving the alien)

and your prayers they break the sky in two

you pray til the break of dawn

and you'll believe you're loving the alien

thinking of a different time

palestine a modern problem

bounty and your wealth in land

terror in a best laid plan

watching them come and go

tomorrows and the yesterdays

christians and the unbelievers

hanging by the cross and nail