Pearls Before Swine — Epitaph lyrics

Lyrics

These in the day when heaven was falling
The hour when earth’s foundations fled
Followed their mercenary calling
And took their wages and are dead
Took their wages and are dead
Their shoulders held the sky suspended
They stood and earth’s foundations stay
What God abandoned, these defended
Saved the sum of things for pay
Saved the sum of things for pay
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