Lyrics

In occupied Palestine Near the birth site of Christ Caught some footage that you wouldn't believe That night on channel 7 Ran a slanted segment Through the Midwest on the Mid - Middle East But you've told me how You keep your volume down 'Cause all that's coming from your humming TV Is bad energy You went to youth group first At that Lutheran church Where the pastor dressed so casually And when your mom worked nights And her money was tight He kindly offered he could watch you for free Denied Jеsus' blood And now you sleep in Sundays But you tell me that you'll always beliеve In bad energy Bad energy And now your engine burns Remains of ancient birds Go into town to drive around and then leave You tore a gash right clear Through the atmosphere And now there's nothing that can buffer the heat But the sun is shining And your love is smiling In a moment getting warmed by a beam Of bad energy Bad energy Bad energy You watched the market crash And the marquee flash Your eyes a-darken just a-walking the street You felt the breath of god In a restaurant He was just asking what you're having to eat You knew you had to leave Him a gratuity Or else it'd come up to the sum of the beast And bad energy Before the smokers crammed Between the local bands To split a puff and flick their butts in the street They played it loud and slow Without a metronome He always hit a bit ahead of the beat Saw him slurring and smiling At the girls outside Said you could sense it so immense underneath Bad energy Bad energy Bad energy Bad energy You traced your lineage back To all that glimmering black Around the Abrahamic family tree And in that blend of blood Counted descendants of Your holy mother mitochondrial eve Were you the chosen son Or the broken one Who had some notions up disposable sleeves And bad energy? And when our saviour came She kept her maiden name He was concepted quite exceptionally Learned if you're only friendly With a dozen men One might still kill you with a kiss on the cheek And as that muted light Fell from his wounded side Cowboy centurion was sure he could feel A bad energy Bad energy Bad energy Bad energy Bad energy