Flesh and Soul Lyrics


A MAN: I remember everything, that day they came for me

The frightened people did nothing, while that stuff passed through my skin

My body was on fire, things crawling beneath the skin

A sheet pulled up over my face, but I could not move or speak

THE BOKOR: Now you die, in a way - Death is not the end

They will mourn in pain - They will never guess

THE BOKOR: I sent away your ti-bonanj

A MAN: I have heard the dull sound of the soil that fell over me

Inside the coffin the dark surrounds and it’s really hard to breathe

THE BOKOR: You’re trapped in dark and cold - The Uncle is moving for loot

Then the night will come - And so Tonton Macoute

THE BOKOR: I sent away your ti-bonanj

THE BOKOR: Now I own your soul – A MAN: I’m no more free

THE BOKOR: You’ll be my slave – A MAN: My fate is so mean

THE BOKOR: Enter their dreams – THE BOKOR/A MAN: And make them scream

THE BOKOR: Puffer fish, toad and worms and child’s brain, unearthed from his grave

Papa Legba listen, unlock the door, let the spirits hear my call

Baron Samedì, black as ink, would you like something to drink?

Grant his soul to my will, it is naught, in my web he will be caught

THE BOKOR: Wake up, my friend

Cries echo in the burial ground

You get hurt trying to get out

But I’m here for you, so don’t worry about it

You've nosed into what you were not concerned

You have been warned, but now who cares?

Working hard in my sugar plantation

You’ll have time to drift into damnation

You better not hope to escape from me

I rule your thoughts, I walk through your dreams

By now you no longer belong to the living

Here, you’ll see, Death is only the beginning

THE BOKOR: I sent away your ti-bonanj

THE BOKOR: Now I own your soul – A MAN: I’m no more free

THE BOKOR: You’ll be my slave – A MAN: My fate is so mean

THE BOKOR: Enter their dreams – THE BOKOR/A MAN: And make them scream