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Pedro the Lion is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. David Bazan formed the band in 1995 and represented its main creative force, backed by a varying rotation of collaborating musicians. After a shifting lineup, Pedro the Lion finally eventually became a one-man outfit. That man is David Bazan. A Seattle native, Bazan cut his teeth playing in hardcore bands before forming Pedro in 1995, taking the band's name from a character he made up for a possible children's book. Read Full BioPedro the Lion is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. David Bazan formed the band in 1995 and represented its main creative force, backed by a varying rotation of collaborating musicians. After a shifting lineup, Pedro the Lion finally eventually became a one-man outfit. That man is David Bazan. A Seattle native, Bazan cut his teeth playing in hardcore bands before forming Pedro in 1995, taking the band's name from a character he made up for a possible children's book. Under the moniker of Pedro the Lion, Bazan creates melodic pop in the vein of Bedhead, Hayden, and Sebadoh, with a lyrical focus on relationships -- with both other people and God.

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01Rapture Pedro the Lion

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Rapture
Pedro the Lion Lyrics

This is how we multiply
Pity that it's not my wife
The friction and skin
The trembling sigh
This is how bodies move
With everything we could lose
Pushing us deeper still
The sheets and the sweat
The seed and the spill
The bitter pill yet undiscovered

Gideon is in the drawer
Clothes scattered on the floor
She's arching her back
She screams for more

Oh, my sweet rapture
I hear Jesus
Calling me home

Finally a chance to breathe
Reaching for the the fallen sheets
Collapsing in a glowing heap
We've gone too far
We've done too much
We have to quit it
Just one more kiss
Just one more touch
Please ten more minutes

This feels so good
Just barely moving
The tension building
Our bodies working
To reach the goal

Oh, my sweet rapture
I hear Jesus and the angels singing
Halleluiah
Calling me to enter the promised land

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Written by: MATT VINCI

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Bride of FatMaccam

6y↑19

hell of a song. hell of an album.

Kalven Brock

5y↑7

Gideon is in the drawer...clothes scattered on the floor😏

Destiny Pettis

6y↑6

Pedro the lion is awesome! Good song!

Matt D

2y↑8

Thrasher Jaded anyone?

Daniel Lopez

12w

i'm here because i had a dream about cab's 5-0

James Antony

2y↑1

YES!

Whovian Gamer

2y↑3

I can never get too much of David Bazan. Best song writer of our time in my opinion.

Gabe Blums

Never really appreciated them until last night, glad I made that choice to listen again.

Decants Da Lê

Música da vida...❤

St Cecil

25w

Lost my virginity to this song haha

1jesse6

P Rod's forecast

JEAN WAGNER

Trash can hands wussy ona wuzza man. Niño Blanco. Tell no one I was here.

SchizophrenicDolphinz

i feel like this song would be better without the last chorus

SchizophrenicDolphinz

like if it ended after he says “ the tension building “

Don Quixito

RLionthepedo

MrNigel Preston

3y↑1

Best religious song of all time? Thoughts?

David walford

If We are going to play pseudo religious fun then I raise you:
Dry the river: History Book
Cass Mccombs: Sacred heart

Andrew Sauseda

36w

I don't exactly get an affair story from this. Is that his actual explanation?

invisible.

You guys are stupid, to it's not a worship song but it relates an affair to a rapture, prefaced in the Bible and religious events.

Erin Captain

2y↑1

MrNigel Preston lmao this is anything but a Jesusy song. It’s about two people f*cking and having an adulterous affair. Lmao but yeah Jesus approves hahah

blurnsball3001

3y↑5

its even in the fist line of the song man, " this is how we multiply, pity its not my wife"
kids these days

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Mark Waughful

7y↑9

I really really like this song but I wish the lyrics were different haha.

oogaftw

He's grown out of this kind of skyfairy nonsense now, and the new material is sounding great.

William

4y↑4

I find the transgressive nature of combining the holiest of religious events with the most sinful affair really awesome. That's the kind of connection that true artists can make. There's so much going on in this song lyrically. The way the chorus is propelled by that conflict is my favorite part. The way the song tracks the ups and downs of the moment is really incredible too. There are so many layers of depth.

Diego Soares Arcanjo

6y↑3

@Mark Waugh all of you guys love the lyrics but are afraid to go to hell because you think it's blasphemy. If Jesus exists he might as well like this tune.

Penguinz13989

6y↑1

me too. lyrics are kinda shallow

MrNigel Preston

6y↑2

@Ashley Parmar I won Mr. Brazen USA in '08

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busyboxst7

2y↑1

1) He’s not the first to analogize the rapture/end times with sex. It’s right in the middle of the Bible itself, Song of Solomon.
2) Can’t help but wonder if the juxtaposition of what’s obviously wrong (extramarital affair) with Jesus is intentional to make even a post-modern audience repulsed/question it.

SchizophrenicDolphinz

definitely is

Nekro LogiK

@busyboxst7 I understand what you are saying, and one would have to have some earthly knowledge of the laws of things and how things really are to comprehend, as what happens on a micro level also happens on a mega level. Some say 'As Above, So Below'... But I am not in that group. However, i was just interested in your idea and though it interesting as it seemed to be valid on both levels... so i compliment your idea, and I too think 'outside' the common 'box/labels' that has gone on with the teaching we have been taught. But I do not give them less validity, just maybe increase their truths to even new places and new horizons. So you do not have to explain yourself. I look for the good and the interesting. I do not pick people or ideas apart for being out of the norm traditional taught versions. ha.
But so many are stuck on tradition that they bomb anyone thinking any way different. If they really wanted to be like Christ, i think they would be as He was in not worshiping or fighting for petty things, or tradition. But the world seems filled with so many that just look to criticize others.... As for me, i am constantly looking to learn more. So thanks again for your idea/thought.

busyboxst7

@Nekro LogiK just FYI, Song of Solomon I mentioned isn't directly connected w/ end times but the concept of the Jesus and the Church being Groom and Bride and this age ending in a wedding between the two, that's a very biblical concept (and Song of Solomon, some would say it's only about human intimacy/sex, others would say it holds analogy for the church

Nekro LogiK

had to come back... auto play went to :: The Voidz: Leave It in My Dreams. Confirmations all over. ha!

Nekro LogiK

@busyboxst7 Interesting thought. I just woke from a dream that re-showed me the snake in the garden in a different light... and i was inclined to instantly look up this video by those conducting the dream i guess... So now i see even more with your idea.. i will research it.

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