Why?
For the all the lessons you tried to teach
You just hit the floor
You're no good to me
Try to tell a wise man how to think?
Yeah what for?
Can't teach a lion how to roar
Teach a lion how to roar
You want it? Oom, I got more
I can't teach dead weight how to sink
It just hits the floor
Expose you for the sheep
You really are
I'd rather stalk you from afar
When I tear you apart
You'll ask for more
Can't teach a lion how to roar
Teach a lion how to roar
Teach a lion how to roar
You're lying
You know you're a lamb
You know you're lying
You know you're a lamb
I will be there for you always
I will be there for you always
I will be there
Lying, you're lying
Lying, you're lying
When the sky falls down I hope it hits me
Hope you're with me
You're the little hair of the dog that bit me
When it's over we can pray on my lawn
Make a toast to the dawn
Thank God the sky was empty
Cheers! Now I got a half full glass
Sky fell down, bottom's up to the past
Out and in to the great beyond
And out to leer on my lawn
With the first stone you cast
Sandstone epitaphs
Hide cedar caskets under fresh laid sod
On the other side ask me
If greener grass is the fear of God
More, give me more
When the ceiling hits the floor
More, give me more
Can't teach a lion how to roar
Old man's lion
Young man's old lamb
Old man's lying
Young man's old lamb
Don't mind preachers
Absent-minded teachers
Devil's linguist survives
On morning tithes
Sing with them, bleed with them
Forgive but don't forget them
Wisdom doesn't preach
No it sings
The Lion, Pt. 2
Verse lyrics from "Hail Mary" original Latin poem
[traditional] {public domain}
Additional influence from Franz Schubert
[real artist] {public domain}
Ave Maria
Oh maiden mild
Listen to a maiden's prayer
For thou cannot hear amid the wild
Ave Maria, Ave Maria
'Tis thou, can't save amid despair
We slumber safely till the morrow
Though we've by man outcast reviled
Oh maiden, see a maiden's sorrow
Oh mother, hear a suppliant child
Ave Maria, Ave Maria gratia plena
Ave ave dominus
Maria, tecum
Ave Maria
You hear me pleading
Ave Maria
She hears me pleading
Ave Maria, Ave Maria
Ave Maria… Maria!
When the sky falls down I hope it hits me
Hope you're with me
You're the little hair of the dog that bit me
When it's over we can pray on my lawn
Make a toast to the dawn
Thank God the sky was empty
Cheers! Now I got a half full glass
Sky fell down, bottoms up to the past
Out and into the great beyond
And out to here on my lawn with the first stone you cast
Sandstone epitaphs hide cedar caskets under fresh-laid sod
On the other side ask me
The greener grass, the fear of God
On the other side ask me
More, give me more, when the ceiling hits the floor
More, give me more, can't teach a lion how to roar
(Old man's lying, young man's old lamb)
Don't mind preachers
Absent-minded teachers
The Devil's linguist survives on mourning tithes
Sing with them, be with them
Forgive but don't forget them
Wisdom doesn't preach… no, it sings