Ain't No Rest for the Wicked & Halloween

Song(s): Ain't No Rest for the Wicked & Halloween

Artist(s): Cage the Elephant & Siouxsie & The Banshees

I've been really weird this week, haha 😜😅

Both of my posts the last two days have been very "rambley" and TMI. I apologize. I'm just annoying these days.

I don't know much about either of these songs, just that the titles work for Halloween (one even being called Halloween for goodness sake!). And I've got a bit of headache after a long, but good, day of work so I don't have much to say...the last two days I said plenty so...bye. 👋

*This thought just came to me when reading the title Ain't No Rest for the Wicked...maybe the reason I've been so stressed and anxious and depressed lately is because I'm not prioritizing my spirit. I'm not spending time in meaningful prayer and scripture study each day. I'm doing the things I should to keep myself open to the whisperings and prompting of the Holy Ghost...😰 Deep. Maybe things will start to improve for me if I start focusing more on that kinda stuff then...everything else. Good food for thought.

I was walking down the street when out the corner of my eye

I saw a pretty little thing approaching me

She said, "I never seen a man, who looks so all alone

Oh, could you use a little company?

If you pay the right price, your evening will be nice

And you can go and send me on my way."

I said, "You're such a sweet young thing, why you do this to yourself?"

She looked at me and this is what she said:

"Oh there ain't no rest for the wicked

Money don't grow on trees

I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed

There ain't nothing in this world for free

Oh no, I can't slow down, I can't hold back

Though you know, I wish I could

Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked

Until we close our eyes for good"

Not even fifteen minutes later I'm still walking down the street

When I saw the shadow of a man creep out out of sight

And then he swept up from behind, he put a gun up to my head

He made it clear he wasn't looking for a fight

He said, "Give me all you've got, I want your money, not your life

But if you try to make a move, I won't think twice"

I told him, "You can have my cash, but first you know I gotta ask

What made you want to live this kind of life?"

He said, "There ain't no rest for the wicked

Money don't grow on trees

I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed

There ain't nothing in this world for free

Oh no, I can't slow down, I can't hold back

Though you know, I wish I could

Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked

Until we close our eyes for good"

Well now a couple hours passed and I was sitting in my house

The day was winding down and coming to an end

And so I turned on the TV and flipped it over to the news

And what I saw I almost couldn't comprehend

I saw a preacher man in cuffs, he'd taken money from the church

He'd stuffed his bank account with righteous dollar bills

But even still I can't say much because I know we're all the same

Oh yes, we all seek out to satisfy those thrills

You know there ain't no rest for the wicked

Money don't grow on trees

We got bills to pay, we got mouths to feed

There ain't nothing in this world for free

Oh no we can't slow down, we can't hold back

Though you know we wish we could

Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked

Until we close our eyes for good

Kinda loving the female, rock representation here! 🤘💅

The night is still

And the frost, it bites my face

I wear my silence like a mask

And murmur like a ghost

Trick or treat, trick or treat

The bitter and the sweet

Trick or treat, trick or treat

The bitter and the sweet

The carefree days are distant now

I wear my memories like a shroud

I try to speak, but words collapse

Echoing, echoing

Trick or treat, trick or treat

The bitter and the sweet

Trick or treat, trick or treat

The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness

Gazing at you with scorpion eyes

Halloween, Halloween

Oh, oh, oh, oh...

A sweet reminder in the ice-blue nursery

Of a childish murder of hidden lustre and she cries

Trick or treat, trick or treat

The bitter and the sweet

Trick or treat, trick or treat

The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness

Gazing at you with scorpion eyes

Halloween, Halloween

Halloween, Halloween

Oh, oh, oh, oh...

Oh!

AIN'T NO REST (OR RELIEF)WHEN YOU'RE WICKED! 😈😰