Crosses

When I was young, the sun closed its eyes
And no one spoke of heaven
The light of God stolen from the skies
For Satan’s fire on the front lawn

They burned those crosses deep in my heart
And so my eyes still reflect them
They burned those crosses deep in my heart
You know I won’t forget them

One time I heard of the sins in our past
But they were only whispers
When I look hard into the palms of my hands
I see traces of rope and blisters

They burned those crosses deep in my heart
And lay me ‘cross the embers
They burned those crosses deep in my heart
I always will remember

This sort of thing doesn’t happen no more
At least not very often
The darker pages of our histories somehow
Conveniently forgotten

They burned those crosses deep in my heart
And lay me ‘cross the embers
They burned those crosses deep in my heart
I always will remember

They burned those crosses deep in my heart
And may they live to regret them
They burned those crosses deep in my heart
You know I won’t forget them
You know I won’t forget them