Hello my dear old friend
Good to see your face again
How is your little cell?
And do they treat you well?
The last time that we met
Your blood was running hot
Your handshake it was fine
You're happy then you're not
Gavrilo you're mine
The silver bullet would not miss
There was a poison in that kiss
Come on, come on, come on
Take my hand, my hand
Gavrilo
Now tell me how it feels
To see it all revealed
To see the world aflame
A curse upon your name
Machines that never quit
Obscenity and sin
I hope you will permit
This crooked little grin
No matter how your good book reads
In the beginning was the deed
Come on, come on, come on
Take my hand, my hand
Gavrilo
Did you ever wonder how you got your name?
And why the people here all look the same?
The angel Gabriel appeared, they got his message loud and clear
And now they're on their knees, crying father please
They wallow in disease, and sing in minor keys
No matter how your good book reads
In the beginning was the deed
Come on, come on, come on
Take my hand, my hand
Gavrilo
Good to see your face again
How is your little cell?
And do they treat you well?
The last time that we met
Your blood was running hot
Your handshake it was fine
You're happy then you're not
Gavrilo you're mine
The silver bullet would not miss
There was a poison in that kiss
Come on, come on, come on
Take my hand, my hand
Gavrilo
Now tell me how it feels
To see it all revealed
To see the world aflame
A curse upon your name
Machines that never quit
Obscenity and sin
I hope you will permit
This crooked little grin
No matter how your good book reads
In the beginning was the deed
Come on, come on, come on
Take my hand, my hand
Gavrilo
Did you ever wonder how you got your name?
And why the people here all look the same?
The angel Gabriel appeared, they got his message loud and clear
And now they're on their knees, crying father please
They wallow in disease, and sing in minor keys
No matter how your good book reads
In the beginning was the deed
Come on, come on, come on
Take my hand, my hand
Gavrilo
Contributed by Dq82 - 2025/9/25 - 16:53
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2017
Foreign skies
Foreign Skies is a concept album descriribing the first world war. From the intial call to arms, to women’s suffragests to a soldier being executed for cowardice, each song tells the story from a different perspective at a different time.
A song about Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, which was the spark that ignited the first World War.
Gavrilo died in prison of tuberculosis several years after the assassination, near the end of WWI. This song may be narrated by the Devil coming to collect.