The Calling Lyrics
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick
[Verse 1]
I walked into town with a message for my old man
I've got the last two chapters of Matthew in my hand
Steve painting houses while Bobby went and gone insane
They buried my sister but daddy he stayed the same
[Chorus]
Follow the sun out of the night
Brother, just lean into the light
You wanna be sure, I’ll give you sight
Brother, just lean into the light
[Verse 2]
His hands still shake when the ponies break out on the track
(Here comes the calling)
His feet still quick when they say they want their money back (Here comes the calling)
But Daddy did you think that you could outrun the Holy Ghost? (Here comes the calling)
Lie, cheat, steal, hope they fix it all up in post
[Pre-Chorus]
The book will be open
In front of the judge
Unquenchable fire
Or keys to the kingdom
Follow the sun out of the night
Brother, just lean into the light
(Just lean into the light)
You wanna be sure, I’ll give you sight
Brother, just lean into the light
(Just lean into the light)
The road to the kingdom's burnin' bright
Brother, just lean into the light
[Bridge]
You heard that the master was traveling through
But what would you do if he walked in the room?
Make for the left, or break for the right?
Brother, just lean in
Brother, just lean into the light
[Chorus]
Follow the sun out of the night
Brother, just lean into the light
(Just lean into the light)
You wanna be sure, I’ll give you sight
Brother, just lean into the light
(Just lean into the light)
The road to the kingdom's burnin' bright
Brother, just lean into the light
(Just lean into the light)
Follow the sun out of the night
Brother, just lean into the light
About
Track 9 off the rock band’s fifth studio album Wonderful Wonderful which was first debuted at a show in London on September 12th.
The song starts with a live biblical monologue by famous actor Woody Harrelson.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
This is another dark one that started with Mark. We were messing around in a studio and I mentioned something about leaning into the light. He had just been looking at this painting by Caravaggio. And it’s called the calling of St Matthew. It’s obviously when Matthew in the Bible is called to discipleship. So we looked at the painting and were able to use that as a launching pad for the song.
We ended up taking it a little bit somewhere else. It’s about a son going back to his hometown to straighten his dad out. Woody Harrelson is actually reading out of Matthew at the beginning of the song."
Brandon Flowers talking about the song to Universal Music.
- 2.The Man
- 3.Rut
- 4.Life to Come
- 9.The Calling
- 14.The Man (CRNKN Remix) (Missing Lyrics)
