[Sample: the untouched revival record - pump organ, congregation, "do not fear the flash!" - then it is seized and cut] [Collage: the sermon chopped into stuttering syllables over a breakbeat built from handclaps and tambourine - A-A-AMEN! - piano chords looped and pitch-shifted, needle skips] [Verse 1 - the preacher emerges from the cuts, choir answering, the edit stuttering his words] I read the morning paper (yes he did!) And I read the Book of John (read it, Reverend!) One of them says we're finished (no, no!) And the other says carry on (carry on!) Now the men down in the cellars (way down!) Got their fingers on the sun (on the sun!) But I'm here to tell you, children (tell us!) The morning's gonna come (let it come!) [The untouched record breaks through - full church stomping, whole congregation singing] That ain't thunder (no, no!) That's the doorbell of the Kingdom (ring it!) That ain't fire in the sky (no, sir!) That's the porch light of the Lord burning high So when you hear that trumpet hum Say amen, amen — let it come! [Collage seizes it: "let it come" looped and chopped - let-it-let-it-let-it-COME - reverse choir swells, tape jumps, abrupt silence, then the beat slams back] [Verse 2 - preacher through the cuts, congregation fragments answering] Oh, the sinner bought a shelter (dug it deep!) Forty feet of solid stone (solid stone!) But you can't out-dig the Glory (can't be done!) And you were never down there alone (never alone!) So I'll be on my rooftop (up high!) In my one good Sunday suit (looking fine!) With the choir singing loud (sing it loud!) At that big bright rising cloud (hallelujah!) [The record breaks through again - bigger, double claps, floorboards shaking] That ain't thunder (no, no!) That's the doorbell of the Kingdom (ring it!) That ain't fire in the sky (no, sir!) That's the porch light of the Lord burning high So when you hear that trumpet hum Say amen, amen — let it come! [Everything cuts to dead air - just crackle and a hushed choir hum, single looped piano note] [Spoken sample - intimate, awed] When that great cloud rises, beloved... that is not the end. That... is the doorbell... of the Kingdom. [Spoken sample chopped and stuttering: a-a-amen, a-amen - building with the beat] Can I get an amen! [Final chorus - the collage and the record fight: double-time stomp, chopped hallelujahs raining, sermon fragments as percussion] That ain't thunder (no, no!) That's the doorbell of the Kingdom (ring it!) That ain't fire in the sky (no, sir!) That's the porch light of the Lord burning high Say amen, amen — amen, amen — LET IT COME! [The needle is yanked - runout groove crackle] [Spoken sample - rolling, final, alone in the room] Amen... amen... and AMEN!
