10 Plagues for 7 Sins

Original music by After the Girl. For more of our original tracks and our Re-imagined tracks you know, here:    / @darklightmedia-q6q   Lyrics - Verse 1 Pride built towers made of glass Signed its name in gold and ash Greed took more than it could hold Sold tomorrow, bought the cold Lust lit matches in the dark Called it love, left only spark Envy sharpened borrowed eyes Cut itself on better lives Pre-Chorus Count them slow Line them up Every appetite filled its cup Chorus Ten plagues for seven sins Interest paid from deep within You prayed for fire You asked for flood Now we’re knee-deep in the blood Ten plagues for seven sins Overkill begins again You wanted signs You wanted proof Now it’s falling through your roof Verse 2 Gluttony with velvet hands Ate the sky and taxed the land Wrath dressed up in righteous flame Burned it down and blamed a name Sloth let rot become routine Watched it spread and called it “clean” Every comfort, every vice Rolled the dice and paid the price Pre-Chorus Count them slow Line them straight We manufactured our own fate Chorus Ten plagues for seven sins Compounded dividends You asked for thunder You begged for rain Now the locusts know your name Ten plagues for seven sins Collection coming in No divine decree above Just what we made of us Bridge Water to blood Darkness at noon Boils on the conscience Debt coming due Not wrath from the sky Not fate from above Just consequence Dressed up as love Final Chorus Ten plagues for seven sins We let them in You wanted signs You wanted proof Now it’s falling through your roof Ten plagues for seven sins Ten plagues for seven sins Say it plain and thin — We did.