Bone Orchard - Creatures of Habit - 1988/2024

Ⓒ Corcoran 1988 Ⓟ Corcoran BMI 2024

Fourth song from upcoming album, "Flacco Loco", due out late fall/early winter 2024. A back in the day song about the nuns I used to deal with at my (Catholic) grammar school, where they taught you how to diagram sentences and be afraid of EVERYTHING, including “God”. A form of "grooming", if you will, not all that different from the current crop of "groomers", just coming from opposite ends of the same damage spectrum.

I was taught “God” created man in his own image. What I eventually realized is that, in ALL religions, man has actually created “God” in HIS own image. And why does a one need a “middle man” between themselves and their deity anyway? Though at least with the nuns, you learned some grammar and long division at the same time.

All instruments and vocals courtesy of M. Corcoran (the "last man standing").

Lyrics:

Sit down, shut up, do what you're told!
It's time that you learned just who's in control.
You're the sheep and we're the slaughter.
And you can't change the existing order.

Just who do you think you are with that attitude?
That's what we want to know.
We won't let you get far with that attitude.'
Just where do you think you're gonna go?

Boy, you've got no head for tradition.
It's time you develop some superstition.
Something to believe in, and there'll be no question
About who is driving and in which direction.

Just who do you think you are with that attitude?
That's what we want to know.
We won't let you get far with that attitude.'
Just where do you think you're gonna go?

I think it's time you understand.
Welcome to the promise land.
We're the light at the end of your tunnel.
Just do as you're told and there'll be no trouble.

Just who do you think you are with that attitude?
That's what we want to know.
We won't let you get far with that attitude.'
Just where do you think you're gonna go?

Out of our convent holes we crawl.
Preying on the young and small.
We preach an ideal that becomes a raw deal.
You learn how to stand, then we teach you to kneel.