After bringing us from the 1940s to the present, the Brethren got quiet, and then one of them said, "Now, I want you to know we been up all night with our crystal balls to bring you this next bit" -- meaning that this next part of the song was about the future. The melody changed at this point, too. I can't remember the new melody, but I'm confident I got the "future" lyrics verbatim:
Snake eyes, paradiseSomething moving in the iceMalcolm X, Genghis KhanPray for Satan's salvation
The first two words of their "crystal ball" prophecy were "snake eyes."
While rereading that post, I noticed a link on my blogroll to a new post by Laura Wood: "Strange Connections: 1998 Film 'Snake Eyes'." It's about a Nicolas Cage movie called Snake Eyes in which -- in a scene that obviously appears "prophetic" in retrospect -- an American politician named Charles Kirkland is shot in the neck on September 10 at a public event featuring Tyler "the Executioner."
The Brethren's prophecy also references Malcolm X, another political activist who was assassinated. Just yesterday The Atlantic ran a piece comparing Kirk to Malcolm X.
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