Annotated lyrics for The Hold Steady song 'Both Crosses' - She said sometimes she sees these things / Right before they're happening / Hail Mary, full of grace / Some nights she swears she feels her face / She's been with a couple boys who died / And two of them were crucified / And the last one had enlightened eyes / But the first guy, he was Jesus Christ / Hey Judas, I know you've made a grave mistake / Hey Peter, you've been pretty sweet since Easter break / Now she's four A.M. and she's wide awake / She's shiverin' and smilin' / Let's clutch and kiss and sing and shake / Tonight, let's try to levitate / You Catholic girls, you start much too late / Baby, let's transverberate / Baby, let's transverberate / Baby, let's transverberate / But she saw the footage right before it got cut / And she saw the bodies and she saw the blood / She saw the angel put a sword in his side / And baby, that's how we got canonized / She saw him gushing blood right before it got cut / She saw him put a body in a bag in the trunk / She saw the guys coming in from the sides / And baby, that's how we get energized / She said, 'You know I'm down to pay for it' / She said, 'Just grant me some indulgences / Cause I've been mostly dying / And I've been mostly coughing / And I've been mostly crying / And I've been thinking 'bout both crosses' / She saw the film right before it came out / And at first she thought Judas might go for the mouth / And she saw the nails and she saw the hands / She saw the crown, she heard the band / And the new kid begged him not to do it / And Jesus just said, 'Hey, I still love you Judas' / Since you've been up in Massachusetts / I've been dreaming 'bout dos cruces / And I've been thinking 'bout both crosses / And I've been dreaming 'bout dos cruces / Yeah I've been thinking 'about both crosses