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Baal's Hymn Lyrics

The song Baal's Hymn is performed by David Bowie in the album named Sound + Vision in the year 2003 .

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Whilst his mother's womb contained the growing Baal
Even then the sky was waiting quiet and pale
Naked, young, immensely marvellous
Like Baal loved it, when he came to us

That same sky remained with him in joy and care
Even when Baal slept peaceful and unaware
At night a lilac sky, a drunken Baal
Turning pious as the sky grows pale

So through hospital, cathedral, whiskey bar
Baal kept moving onwards and just let things go
When Baal's tired, boys, Baal cannot fall far
He will have his sky down there below

When the sinners congregate in shame together
Baal lay naked, revelling in their distress
Only sky, a sky that will go on forever
Formed a blanket for his nakedness

And that lusty girl, the world, who'll laughing yield
To the men who'll stand the pressure of her thighs
Sometimes gave him love-bites, such as can't be healed
Baal survived it, he just used his eyes

And when Baal saw lots of corpses scattered round
He felt twice the thrill, despite the lack of room
"Space enough" said Baal, "then I'll thicken the ground
Space enough within this woman's womb"

Any vice for Baal has got its useful side
It's the man who practices it, he can't abide
Vices have their point, once you see it as such
Stick to two for one will be too much

Slackness, softness are the sort of things to shun
Nothing could be harder than the quest for fun
Lots of strength is needed and experience too
Swollen bellies can embarra*s you

Under gloomy stars and this poor veil of tears
Baal will graze a pasture till it disappears
Once it's been digested to the forest's teeth
Baal trod singing for a well earned sleep

Baal can spot the vultures in the stormy sky
As they wait up there to see if Baal will die
Sometimes Baal pretends he's dead, but vultures swoop
Baal in silence dines on vulture-soup

When the dark womb drags him down to its prize
What's the world still mean to Baal, he's overfed
So much sky is lurking still behind his eyes
He'll just have enough sky when he's dead

Once the Earth's dark womb engulfed the rotting Baal
Even then the sky was up there, quiet and pale
Naked, young, immensely marvellous
Like Baal loved it when he lived with us



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David Bowie - Sound + Vision

Sound + Vision
Dec 2003
  1. Space Oddity (original demo 1969)
  2. The Wild-Eyed Boy From Freecloud (rare B-side version 1969)
  3. The Prettiest Star (single version 1970)
  4. London Bye Ta-Ta (previously unreleased stereo mix 1970)
  5. Black Country Rock
  6. The Man Who Sold The World
  7. The Bewlay Brothers
  8. Changes
  9. Round And Round (alternate vocal take 1971)
  10. Moonage Daydream
  11. John I'm Only Dancing (Aladdin Sane outtake 1973)
  12. Drive In Saturday
  13. Panic In Detroit
  14. Ziggy Stardust (live from Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture)
  15. White Light/White Heat (live from Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture)
  16. Rock 'n Roll Suicide (live from Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture)
  17. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
  18. Sorrow
  19. Don't Bring Me Down
  20. 1984/Dodo (recorded 1973)
  21. Big Brother
  22. Rebel Rebel (rare single version 1974)
  23. Suffragette City (Live)
  24. Watch That Man (Live)
  25. Cracked Actor (Live)
  26. Young Americans
  27. Fascination
  28. After Today (Young Americans outtake 1975)
  29. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City (recorded 1975)
  30. TVC15
  31. Wild Is The Wind
  32. Sound And Vision
  33. Be My Wife
  34. Speed Of Life
  35. Helden (German version of Heroes - 1989 remix)
  36. Joe The Lion
  37. Sons Of The Silent Age
  38. Station To Station (Live)
  39. Warszawa (Live)
  40. Breaking Glass (Live)
  41. Red Sails
  42. Look Back In Anger
  43. Boys Keep Swinging
  44. Up The Hill Backwards
  45. Kingdom Come
  46. Ashes To Ashes
  47. Baal's Hymn (from Baal E.P.)
  48. Drowned Girl (from Baal E.P.)
  49. Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (soundtrack album version)
  50. China Girl
  51. Ricochet
  52. Modern Love (Live) (B-side)
  53. Loving The Alien
  54. Dancing With The Big Boys
  55. Blue Jean
  56. Time Will Crawl
  57. Baby Can Dance
  58. Amazing
  59. I Can't Read
  60. Shopping For Girls
  61. Goodbye Mr. Ed
  62. Amlapura
  63. You've Been Around
  64. Nite Flights (Remix)
  65. Pallas Athena (Gone Midnight Mix)
  66. Jump They Say
  67. Buddha Of Suburbia
  68. Dead Against It
  69. South Horizon
  70. Pallas Athena (Live as Tao Jones Index)