Story Behind The Song
You're going about you daily business - every day - and then it hits you ... the world is in more of a mess than it's ever been in before - and we call it PROGRESS.
Song Description
"The Highwayman" and Bonny Barbara Allan" are just two of the songs that carry on the traditional death imagery of the narrow bed.
| Song Length |
5:12 |
Genre |
Rock - Religious, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Distressed, Poignant |
Subject |
Doom, Judgement |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
NARROW BED
Centuries of sin
Have done this planet in;
Have left us all
Shaken and afraid.
Too late to begin
To turn to the truth again;
We must sleep in
The narrow bed
We've made.
Pharisees and pharaohs,
And famine's evil arrows
All have fallen
And decayed.
But I fear I see tomorrow
In the fall of the sparrow.
We must sleep in
The narrow bed
We've made.
The letter of the law
Was all you ever saw;
You never saw
The sentence
To be paid.
When you go to bed tonight,
Don't expect the morning light.
You must sleep in
The narrow bed
You've made.
Caught down near the water,
With Pharaoh's daughter,
On a cool, crisp, Cairo day.
He spoke as any father,
Saying, "You broke her;
Now you bought her.
Now take these two away;
They must sleep in
The narrow bed
They've made."
You've never felt the hunger,
Even when you were much younger;
Your billions were all that you displayed.
Now, you'll find your feasting
All is hollow,
And you'll find this
Hard to swallow:
You must sleep in
The narrow bed
You've made.
Centuries of sin
Have done this planet in,
Have left us all
Shaken and afraid.
Too late to begin
To turn to the truth again;
We must sleep in
The narrow bed
We've made.
Copyright 1999 Lex Zaleta