Creekbed Carter Hogan - "The Relic Song" (official music video) from new album "Creekbed Carter," out 3.22.2024 on Gar Hole Records @garholerecords

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Directed, Produced, and Edited by: Adeliza Backus-Pace
Starring: Carter Hogan, Chad Bigelow, Sam Ringer, Jude Brothers, Jonathan Anderson, Elena Backus y Herrera, Aries Jo, Becky Martinez, Alexander Murph, and Uvee Witt
Director of Photography, Colorist: Lane Luper
Costume Designer: Laura Connolly
Costumes Assistant: Daniel Zamora
Costumes provided by: Angelique Paul and Southwest Costume Rental
Props: Adeliza Backus-Pace, Becky Martinez, and Christian Urbina
Props provided by: Back 2 One, Derek Bensonhaver, and Lawrence Tolle
1st Assistant Camera: Allen Hrynick
2nd Assistant Camera: Alex Torres
Key Grip: Ross Addiego
Grip: Joe Bollinger
Rental House: Serious Grippage
Sound: Emily Price
Locations Manager: Makahla Aine Harapat
Craft Service/Production Assistant: Christian Urbina
Insurance Services: Irene Quintero, Momentous Insurance Brokerage, a Marsh McLennan Agency Company

Lyrics:
Well
This is the story of the tricks and glory of the medieval Catholic church
The plague was killin' and the Lutherans winnin' in the battle for souls on earth
So the Pope looked around and then up and then down
An idea underneath his hat
He looked at a deacon, said, "Listen here, Stephen
I think we can capitalize on that"

So some henchmen went roamin' in the catacombs of Rome
And dug up all the bones of the poor
They wrapped 'em in gold, ready to be sold
Complete with lots of made-up lore
Then they got in their stirrups and rode across Europe
And in every town they said,
"Hey listen here, pagans, if you want savin', give your money to our holy dead"

[chorus]
Well it ain't quite the truth
But neither does it count as a masterful lie
Just another money-maker
Designed by rich men diggin' through pockets
In the name of the bank of Jesus Christ

Buy the
Finger of Peter, you fishing-net weavers,
And you'll catch more fish than you can fry
Wear the girdle of Magdalene on your birthing bed
Your baby will not die
There are 98 vials of the foreskin of Jesus
And they're yours for a limited price
Just pay the Church all that's in your purse and
We'll throw in St Lucy's eyes

Or can we...
Interest you in relics from the maidens of St Ursula
Hundreds of em, got so many we need to disperse em all
How's about the yellow braid that once adorned St Agatha
Here's a St Theresa, I think that it's a scapula
Don't be scared, it don't have to be a big dilemma
Just pay to touch the severed head of Catherine of Siena
The dried blood of St Januarius will turn to liquid
If you pay up with anything that's gilded
Here's the tongue of Anthony and it's still wet like he's still livin'
All 10 of Claire's fingernails, can't you feel the grace they're givin'
And a sword from when St Oda cut her own dang nose off
And a relic from when mourners bit St Francis's toes off
Doubtin' Thomas stuck his finger in the bleeding wounds of Jesus
Now it's yours for a buck and a bit of your fine cheeses
In my back I've got St Peter and St Paul
O bless your heart, you need em, o you gotta catch em all...

You gotta
Hand it to that pope, he sold a whole lotta hope
In a time that was brutal and dire
And though hope ain't his intent, that's the way that it went
And what is hope but a kindle for fire?
Who knows how the world coulda spun up and whirled
If those fake holy bones had stayed dead
Or how many ways of keepin' the faith
Mighta colored our world instead?

[chorus]
Well it ain't quite the truth
But neither does it count as a masterful lie
Just another money-maker
Designed by rich men diggin' through pockets
In the name of the bank of Jesus Christ

It ain't quite the truth
But neither does it count as a masterful lie
Just another money-maker
Became a way of marketing the bank of Jesus Christ
Became a way of colonizing prayers for Jesus Christ
Became a way of honoring
That gay ole boy Jesus Christ

Amen

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