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Alexisonfire - Young Cardinals Lyrics

Artist: Alexisonfire

Album: Old Crows / Young Cardinals

Genre: Rock

  • Songwriters: Dallas Green, Jordan Hastings, Wade Macneil, George Pettit, Chris Steele

Strange things happen in nighttime hours
Yesterday's buds, tomorrow's flowers
Those who speak numbers, refuse the great forgiver
Powerful men raise your hands and deliver

All the superstitions to which we all cling
While high minds in Geneva ponder e8 vs. string
The sun hides itself, concealing its grin
And waits for the dawn to reveal itself again

Oh, young cardinals
Nesting in the trees
Oh, hear our songs
And reign your innocence on me

Strange things happen in the nighttime hours
White tails graze and wolves devour
Ghosts of old loves are blowing through the pines
Nicotine babies are being born without spines

The god of the sea is swinging his trident
We stoke our fires with the bones of tyrants
The sun, it retreats through the dust and the din
And waits for the dawn to reveal itself again

Oh, young cardinals
Nesting in the trees
Oh, hear our song
And reign your innocence on me

Young cardinals take flight
Return to nest in the black of night
There were things you were not meant to know

Young cardinals take flight
Return to nest in the black of night
There were things you were not meant to know

Oh, young cardinals
Nesting in the trees
Oh, hear our song
And reign your innocence on me

Oh, young cardinals
Oh, young cardinals
Oh, young cardinals
Oh


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  • Anonymous

    are you joking???? this song is refering to the bands transition from young cardinals to old crows as the album is called. They are also refering to maturing and growing to be different from their often younger fans. Also just to infrom you a cardinal is bird this song is not refering to a church cardinal.

  • Anonymous

    i believe it is refering to the catholic church. Young cardinals being the possible popes after one has passed. These are also refered to as cardinals. Geneva ponders e8 vs string, this being science or math. The church is somewhat at war with science in the old creation vs evolution theory. I would like to further enterprate this song but i g2g for now.

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