The Sermon

Lyrics

[MAPPLE] God spoke to Jonah in his head God spoke to Jonah in his head Filled his heart with words of dread And Jonah believed every word he said God spoke to Jonah in his head God gave Jonah a hard command God gave Jonah a hard command To tell everybody 'bout the bones and blood Buried 'neath their feet Tell 'em they had honey in their eyes Honey warm and sweet Jonah didn't like that none So Jonah started to run We are all in the belly of the whale Hiding in the dark from the sins that tell our tale And the darkness will take us down 'Less we speak truth to power Only then will we be free You and me hand in hand On a coffin drifting on the sea Jonah on the ship slouched with sin Tryin' to get where God hadn't been Sweatin' like a drunk on his purgatory bed As the shadows spin 'round poor Jonah's head Jonah on the ship slouched with sin And in torment Jonah cries Jonah wrestles and Jonah sighs Until at last he drowns in sleep Dreams of death on the water But the sky grows black The sea turns mean The wail and roar of the wind and sea As the storm tries to break the ship The men cry out "where's this fugitive beneath us?" They trample and thunder the planks above poor Jonah's head And then they cry out to the Lord And then they throw Jonah overboard And the sea grows calm Yes, we are all in the belly of the whale Hiding in the dark from the sins that tell our tale And the darkness will take us down 'Less we speak truth to power Only then will we be free You and me hand in hand On a coffin drifting... As jaws closed around Jonah's soul Jaws closed around Jonah's soul As he sinks down into the belly of the whale, of the whale He sinks down into the darkness of the whale He sinks down in the belly of the whale, of the whale He sinks down into the darkness of the whale