666 (The Anti Christ)
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Six Sixty Six |
Also released on: Heartland Junction, The Cottage Tapes Book Two, Hattem, Live At The Elsinore, How Then Shall We Live?
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Version 1 is a studio recording, with an acoustic guitar the only instrumentation
Note that the UK vinyl has a reversed stereo image compared to the US vinyl releases |
Bootleg [Except Illegal Noise and 2005 CDs]
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Version 2 is a full studio recording
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Version 3 is a live recording, performed solo with acoustic guitar
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Version 4 is a live recording, performed with the band Beam during the 1998 Flevo Festival in Holland
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Version 5 is a live recording, performed solo with acoustic guitar
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Version 6 is a live recording, performed with a band at the Creation West festival in 2000
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Version 7 is a live recording, performed solo with acoustic guitar during a concert in Northern Ireland, where it was (a small) part of a sort of end times medley
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Version 8 is a live recording, performed solo with acoustic guitar during a concert in Northern Ireland
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Version 9 is the same recording as version 1, but faded out about four seconds earlier
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Bootleg [Illegal Noise and 2005 CDs]
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Version 10 is the same recording as version 4, but with the final few notes removed
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Version 11 is a live recording, performed solo with acoustic guitar during a concert in Utah, in the 1980s
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Version 12 is a live recording, performed solo with acoustic guitar during a concert in Beaverton, Portland, on October 18, 2003
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Version 13 is the same recording as version 12, but with the spoken introduction removed
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lyrics version 1
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priest and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
La la na, la la na, na na la, na na na
Na na na, na na, na na na, na na na
Na na na, na na la, la na na, la la la
Na na na, na na na, na na na
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us but that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eye
Well my number is up and I'm willing to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
La la la [x18]
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priest and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
La la na, la la na, na na la, na na na
Na na na, na na, na na na, na na na
Na na na, na na la, la na na, la la la
Na na na, na na na, na na na
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us but that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eye
Well my number is up and I'm willing to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
La la la [x18]
lyrics version 2
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us but that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
Well my number is up and I'm willing to die
If the band will play six si...
If the band will play six sixty si...
If the band will play six sixty six
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us but that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
Well my number is up and I'm willing to die
If the band will play six si...
If the band will play six sixty si...
If the band will play six sixty six
lyrics version 3
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
We served at his table then slept on they floor
But he starved us and beat us and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us but that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eye
Well my number is up and I'm willing to die
If the band will play six sixty six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
We served at his table then slept on they floor
But he starved us and beat us and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us but that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eye
Well my number is up and I'm willing to die
If the band will play six sixty six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
lyrics versions 4 and 10
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
He bought off the priests and propositioned the land
The world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us and nailed us to the door
Well my number is up, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us but that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eye
Well my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
Ah yeah
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
He bought off the priests and propositioned the land
The world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us and nailed us to the door
Well my number is up, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us but that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eye
Well my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
Ah yeah
lyrics version 5
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
[Imitates banjo solo]
It's on the record [Spoken]
[Imitates banjo solo]
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
You know he told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
Well my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty si...
If the band will play six sixty six
Pung pung pung pung pung pung pung pung pung
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
[Imitates banjo solo]
It's on the record [Spoken]
[Imitates banjo solo]
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
You know he told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
Well my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty si...
If the band will play six sixty six
Pung pung pung pung pung pung pung pung pung
lyrics version 6
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
He bought off the priests and propositioned the land
The world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
We served at his table and slept on the floor
He starved us and beat us, he nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
But my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six sixty six
Ah ah ah yeah
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
He bought off the priests and propositioned the land
The world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
We served at his table and slept on the floor
He starved us and beat us, he nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
But my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six sixty six
Ah ah ah yeah
lyrics version 7
Under his love I'm convicted but forgiven
Under his love I've somehow passed the test
Although my life gets busy then I start missing him
Somehow I, under his love I've passed the test
Under his love, under his love I've passed the test
Without him I'm a tree without roots
I'm the lonely star of David in Beirut
I can't make it through without him
And I just don't know what to do
Without him I'll never know what's true
I'd be all alone and lost without you
Under your love I'm convicted but forgiven
He's an unidentified flying object
Coming back to take us home
Under your love I'm convicted but forgiven
In the midst of the war
Life was filled with guns and war
And everyone got trampled on the floor
I wish we'd all been ready
Children died, the days grew cold
A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind
Under his love I'm convicted but forgiven
Under his love I've somehow passed the test
Messiah took this world by force
Messiah took this world by force
I could see people dying
I could hear children crying
I could see the cities falling
I could hear the angels calling
Messiah, Messiah, Messiah took this world by force
He took this world by force
Man and wife asleep in bed
An' she hears a noise and turns her head
He's gone
I wish we'd all been ready
Two men walking up a hill
One disappears, one's left standing still
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind
Messiah took this world by force
Messiah took this world by force
Rivers of blood were running
I could see the armies coming
I could see their weapons falling
Then I could hear the saviour calling
And Messiah, Messiah, Messiah, he took this world by force
Messiah, Messiah, Messiah, he took this world by force
Messiah, Messiah, he took this world by force
He will take this world by force
He will take this world by force
Life is filled with bombs and guns
Heaven help the little ones who die
I hope you'll all be ready
People, gold, oil, guns, bombs, AIDS, Iraq, Iran, Armageddon
I hope we'll all be ready
'Cause there won't be time to change our minds
And no excuse for being blind
The clouds will open up and Jesus will come down
Those who believe in him will go home to be with him
And those who don't believe will be left behind
Don't get left behind
Messiah, Messiah, don't get left behind
Messiah, Messiah, but don't get left behind
He's an unidentified fly, coming back to take us
Don't get left behind
Open up your mind and don't get left behind
He will take this world by
Tell me over and over and over and over again my friend
That you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
Under his love I've somehow passed the test
Although my life gets busy then I start missing him
Somehow I, under his love I've passed the test
Under his love, under his love I've passed the test
Without him I'm a tree without roots
I'm the lonely star of David in Beirut
I can't make it through without him
And I just don't know what to do
Without him I'll never know what's true
I'd be all alone and lost without you
Under your love I'm convicted but forgiven
He's an unidentified flying object
Coming back to take us home
Under your love I'm convicted but forgiven
In the midst of the war
Life was filled with guns and war
And everyone got trampled on the floor
I wish we'd all been ready
Children died, the days grew cold
A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind
Under his love I'm convicted but forgiven
Under his love I've somehow passed the test
Messiah took this world by force
Messiah took this world by force
I could see people dying
I could hear children crying
I could see the cities falling
I could hear the angels calling
Messiah, Messiah, Messiah took this world by force
He took this world by force
Man and wife asleep in bed
An' she hears a noise and turns her head
He's gone
I wish we'd all been ready
Two men walking up a hill
One disappears, one's left standing still
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind
Messiah took this world by force
Messiah took this world by force
Rivers of blood were running
I could see the armies coming
I could see their weapons falling
Then I could hear the saviour calling
And Messiah, Messiah, Messiah, he took this world by force
Messiah, Messiah, Messiah, he took this world by force
Messiah, Messiah, he took this world by force
He will take this world by force
He will take this world by force
Life is filled with bombs and guns
Heaven help the little ones who die
I hope you'll all be ready
People, gold, oil, guns, bombs, AIDS, Iraq, Iran, Armageddon
I hope we'll all be ready
'Cause there won't be time to change our minds
And no excuse for being blind
The clouds will open up and Jesus will come down
Those who believe in him will go home to be with him
And those who don't believe will be left behind
Don't get left behind
Messiah, Messiah, don't get left behind
Messiah, Messiah, but don't get left behind
He's an unidentified fly, coming back to take us
Don't get left behind
Open up your mind and don't get left behind
He will take this world by
Tell me over and over and over and over again my friend
That you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
lyrics version 8
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
The world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
[Mimics banjo solo]
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
You know he told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eye
Well my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
The world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
[Mimics banjo solo]
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
You know he told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eye
Well my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
lyrics version 9
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priest and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
La la na, la la na, na na la, na na na
Na na na, na na, na na na, na na na
Na na na, na na la, la na na, la la la
Na na na, na na na, na na na
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us but that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eye
Well my number is up and I'm willing to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
La la la [x15]
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priest and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
La la na, la la na, na na la, na na na
Na na na, na na, na na na, na na na
Na na na, na na la, la na na, la la la
Na na na, na na na, na na na
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us but that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eye
Well my number is up and I'm willing to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
La la la [x15]
lyrics version 11
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played
Six sixty six
He told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
A number is up and I'm willing to die
If the band will play six sixty six
If this song sounds like it's about getting help, I mean he came, in the midst of the war he offered us peace, he came like a lover from out of the east. You know that's what a lot of people will think, is that here's the saviour of mankind, this man has a solution, everything'll be alright now. Woh, it won't [Spoken]
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door
And I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He'll make statues walk. We all want peace [Track split here]
Well nobody wants to die
But there won't be any peace
A lot of us are afraid of dying in a [Spoken, over continued guitar]
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played
Six sixty six
He told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
A number is up and I'm willing to die
If the band will play six sixty six
If this song sounds like it's about getting help, I mean he came, in the midst of the war he offered us peace, he came like a lover from out of the east. You know that's what a lot of people will think, is that here's the saviour of mankind, this man has a solution, everything'll be alright now. Woh, it won't [Spoken]
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door
And I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He'll make statues walk. We all want peace [Track split here]
Well nobody wants to die
But there won't be any peace
A lot of us are afraid of dying in a [Spoken, over continued guitar]
lyrics version 12
There's a sign on the Hollywood Boulevard, some guy painted it, said I, I know I told you that Ronald Wilson Reagan was the antichrist, but I was wrong. It's really Bush. And I think he thought Ronald Wilson Reagan was the antichrist 'cause he had six letters in each of his names, you know, so. And uh, eh whoever's coming is gonna be real popular. Schwarzenegger's pretty popular. I don't know how many letters he has in his name, I, I can't spell it [Spoken, on end of preceding track]
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
[Mimics banjo solo]
It's on the record [Spoken]
[Mimics banjo solo]
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
You know he told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
Well my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
[Mimics banjo]
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
[Mimics banjo solo]
It's on the record [Spoken]
[Mimics banjo solo]
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
You know he told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
Well my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
[Mimics banjo]
lyrics version 13
In the midst of the war he offered us peace
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
[Mimics banjo solo]
It's on the record [Spoken]
[Mimics banjo solo]
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
You know he told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
Well my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
[Mimics banjo]
He came like a lover from out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six sixty six
He walked up to the temple with gold in his hand
And he bought off the priests and propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot and laid in the sand
While the band played six sixty six
[Mimics banjo solo]
It's on the record [Spoken]
[Mimics banjo solo]
We served at his table and slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us, and nailed us to the door
Well I'm ready to die, I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
You know he told us he loved us, that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets and death in his eyes
Well my number is up and I'm ready to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six sixty
If the band will play six sixty six
[Mimics banjo]
"Like other End Times songs which Larry has written, this is very evocative and plaintive; focusing upon the personal thoughts of the individual instead of the tapestry of suffering and world-wide war that is prophesied to occur before Christ's return to earth."
Check this out. It's terrifying.