Vacant Absolution Man

from I Can't Find My Cape by Cantor Dust

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lyrics

If Ever I had needed faith
something to keep my conscious safe
now's that time.
They told me Jesus would ascend the soul
Fire carry the tobacco smoke
Up to god

Who'll absolve me of my sin?
Who'll lead me to die and start again
as a child of the Light?
If you will please recondition my heart
I will tell the world how great thou art
You have my last words

In whom can I quickly believe?
From whom the punishment I receive
Will reflect my piety
I know I've probably been blind
To all those who've been giving signs
I need something now.

I know that I must reap what I've sown
But it truly petrifies me, the thought alone
That some style of afterlife falls after my time has come and gone.
Years have passed with crimes of the mind left unchecked.
All of the while, up until now, up until now.
In my imagination, the actualization of death
Had always come as a sort of blackness
And very little more
Than a lack of perception.

Before this storm has passed
Bringing me to death
I must ensure that my sins are in check
Ghosts in the afterlife stories
I'd thought illusory
Might just be as real
As people all seem to feel

I was never taught to forgive myself
So I'm begging now for something else
Outside of me, in which I'll try to believe
From whom forgiveness I'll finally receive.

Absolve Me
Give me Resolution
Absolve Me
I'll Pray.
I'll Pray.

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from I Can't Find My Cape, released January 1, 2015
Mark Klassen
Jeff Konwalchuk

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Cantor Dust Winnipeg, Manitoba

The avant-prog, surreal storytelling project Cantor Dust is singer/pianist Mark Klassen, accompanied by electric cellist Natanielle Felicitas, currently exploring the emptiness that surrounds us as we float through space in search of light.

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