Stained Glass
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"Stained Glass" from The Long Hard Road Out of Hell | ||
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Released: | February 14, 1998 | |
Illustrator: | P. R. Brown | |
Publisher: | ReganBooks | |
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Media type: | Print (Paperback) | |
Length: | 288 pages | |
ISBN: | 0060392584 |
"Stained Glass" is a poem Brian Warner wrote to Night Terrors magazine in 1988. The letters along with the poem can be found in The Long Hard Road Out of Hell.
Poem
In the wooden silence genuflecting fornicators seek penance and false-toothed idealists throw grub steaks on the offering plate
light a candle for the sinners light a fire
self-pronounced prophet, parable seeking Protestant preaches his diatomic dogma, disembowelling indiscreetly.
Supplicate congregate the world looks better through stained glass
light a candle for the sinners set the world on fire
Falsities Falsities Falsities, Factuality’s All sitting like eager sponges, soaking up the tertiary realities of life.
Trivia
- The poem can be found on page 58 in The Long Hard Road Out of Hell.
- The line "light a candle for the sinners, set the world on fire" was later to be used 8 years later in the song "1996".