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This track features the entire cast, using their voices to try to capture the cacophany, the weight of history, and the heat that can often characterize New Orleans.
lyrics
Sanctuary, Sanctuary
Sanctuary, Sanctuary,
In a city sinking from its weight,
From history and sweat and heavy air.
Sanctuary, Sanctuary,
Everyone needs a hiding place,
And that is what my little corner's for,
Sanctuary, Sanctuary,
In a place where ghosts yet walk,
Crypt cities, yellow-fevered graves,
Wealth raised on backs of silent slaves,
Gotta have a Sanctuary!
Sanctuary, Sanctuary,
Sanctuary, Sanctuary,
In a place where sin has flowed downstream,
Corrupt silt as pleasure-dome foundation,
Muffled masks will hide your deviation,
'Til you get to Sanctuary!
Sanctuary, Sanctuary,
In make-up, in silence, in men.
Sanctuary, Sanctuary,
In Jesus, in Mammon, in gin.
You can get it all right here,
Come with me, the man Upstairs!
Sanctuary, Sanctuary.
Where they allow, if tacitly,
Unusual morality.
Even if the victor--or the victim--
Is me.
In a place like this, indulgences come dangerously,
That's why we need.
Sanctuary, Sanctuary,
Sanctuary, Sanctuary,
Sanctuary, Sanctuary,
Sanctuary, Sanctuary!
credits
from Upstairs - Workshop Selections,
released March 6, 2013
Words and Music by Wayne Self
Vocals: Brian Brown, Alxander Jon, Nicholas Losorelli, Garrett Marshall, Charles Romaine
Piano: Sean Alexander Bart
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