Lyric discussion by Pepsi90919 

For those wondering about the preacher's last words,"You yourselves know perfectly, that the day so cometh," they are derived from a bible verse:

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

For those wondering about the part he preaches right before "look where all this talking got us", he references the verse directly before that:

1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

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