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Two Percent Angel
Scott Simpson & Mark Baldridge
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- New Hymns Album Notes.docx · track 08 · supplied by Scott Simpson · writer: Mark Baldridge
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Black-winged monkeys
Belonging to a witch
A human being can be
A son of a bitch
In comprehension,
How like a God
Only in sorrow a
Simian shape
[Verse 2]
Two percent angel
Ninety-eight percent ape
No better than need be
And quite a bit worse
Human life lies
Under a curse
Unless a divine light illumines the
Dune scape we'll stay
[Verse 3]
Two percent angel
Two percent angel
Two percent angel ninety-eight percent ape
Signifying monkey
Not quite all ape
A signifying monkey
Signifying angel
Two percent angel
Two percent angel
Two percent angel
Source: New Hymns Album Notes.docx · track 08 · supplied by Scott Simpson
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New Hymns · Two Percent Angel
Listen on Apple MusicNew Hymns album context
“Two Percent Angel” laughs at our contradictions: part divine light, part primate impulse, forever trying to evolve beyond ourselves.
New Hymns Album Notes.docx · track 08 · supplied by Scott Simpson