A bullish clerk in a poorly tailored suit
behind a polished slab of wood
Gave us a bored look when we queued up to the chute
Said poet go ahead that’s well and good
go slum with the sinner set
But you with the skin still on, he pointed where I stood
Back to the topside, go on, get
We’ve got plenty of agents up top
To put you on the path to me till your time’s met
My companion said this is not our stop
pal so stand aside to the higher will
Your only task is to sort those damned who make the sullen drop
We go our chosen path so bite down on the pill
and let us pass
We went along and out of the chill
Caverns came a blast of sulfurous gas
The furnaces below my partner mused
But first we meet a better class
Of those by perdition abused
This is where all the lost love goes
All all of those who false love used
To achieve some undeserved repose
Yeah the way young lovers do
Turned their backs when the sun rose
Thinking their love sufficient and true
Fell together into the well of souls
Just take a look at these two
She said our hearts were like burning coals
when it first began
We shared all the same dreams and goals
He said we kinda lost track of the plan
and drifted along together
And by and by it all fell outta the pan
And into the fire when it hit stormy weather
sometimes the rock you clutch
is just a tether
And pretty soon we fought too much
And I was staying out till dawn
sometimes any support is a crutch
Lookin’ back on all the good times gone
And long past skies of blue
A man’s mighty quick to make himself a path
So listen to our story ‘cause it could happen to you
Oh the way young lovers do
This song is part of a series loosely based on Dante's Inferno. You can read an essay about this series here. You can read a more general explanation of the origin of these lyrics here
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