Watching them come and go
the templars and the saracens
They're travelling the holy land opening telegrams
Torture comes and torture goes

knights who'd give you anything
They bear the cross of coeur de leon

salvation for the mirror blind

But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky

Pray and the heathen lie will disappear

Prayers they hide the saddest view
Believing the strangest things - loving the alien
And your prayers they break the sky in two
Believing the strangest things - loving the alien

Thinking of a different time
palestine a modern problem
Bounty and your wealth in land
terror: in a best laid plan
Watching them come and go
tomorrows and the yesterdays
Christians and the unbelievers hanging by the cross and nail
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky

Prayers they hide the saddest view

You pray till the break of dawn
Believing the strangest things - loving the alien
And you'll believe you're loving the alien
Believing the strangest things - loving the alien
Believing the strangest things - loving the alien