Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace

Lyrics

The clouds explode and then the desert blooms
Someone will need to mop this floor for me
When I emerge I find my car
Like a cathedral in a dream of the future

Drive till the rain stops
Keep driving

Pull over and blast off when I get the chance
Clear as an insect's wings in sunlight
Flip on the high stakes radio
Try to sing the words right

Drive till the rain stops
Keep driving

I had his arms tied up[2] behind him
We were together all day[1]
Maybe make Culiacán by sunset
Try to anyway

High as the clouds now
Flying
Drive till the rain stops
Keep driving

Banter

• Because when you torture a person to death, who do you really torture? Yourself. That's the lesson of Catholicism. It's the lesson I've come to share. (2012-09-01)
• This song continues my general theme of transcendence through physical torture. (2012-10-13)
• This is a song about a unique friendship between two guys, one of whom is tied to a chair and will be dead by the end of the song and the other, who has no name and won't ever have one. (2012-12-17)
• By special request of Mr. Peter Hughes: Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace. Originally entitled 'Jesús Malverde and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace,' but I got superstitious. (2013-06-14 - Taft Theatre Ballroom, Cincinnati)
• This is a song that you may find cause to sing if you are the person whose job it is to torture a stranger to death in the northern deserts of Mexico. (2013-10-13)

Live Performances

• 2009-12-01 Webster Hall
• 2013-06-03 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC (JD and Peter duo)
• 2013-06-07 - Center Church on the Green, New Haven (JD and Peter duo - encore - video)
• 2013-06-08 - Port City Music Hall, Portland ME (JD and Peter duo)
• 2013-06-11 - Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead, Munhall PA (JD and Peter duo - encore)
• 2013-06-14 - Taft Theatre Ballroom, Cincinnati (JD and Peter duo - recording)
• 2013-06-15 - Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, Bloomington (JD and Peter duo - recording)

Footnotes