What is XTC saying?

[FunBobbyMucha]

I've never been able to decifer this:

"...the hurt I've seen helps to compound, the father, son and Holy Ghost are...???????????????????"

[bbernardini]

1. Just somebody's unholy hoax.

[FunBobbyMucha]

2. Really? That's great!

These boys be awesome and shit.

[bbernardini]

3. Plus, that album has Todd Rundgren and Prairie Prince!

Doesn't get much better than that.

[XNASA]

Have you been to......

www.chalkhills.org ????

Also, Andy Partridge has a site too...

http://www.ape.uk.net/

[bpcmxr]

6. Also - the official XTC site:

http://www.xtcidearecords.co.uk/

[bullimiami]

4. yes, awesome, they do be.

I won't believe in heaven and hell.
No saints, no sinners,
No Devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
You're always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown.
Those lost at sea and never found,
And it's the same the whole world 'round.
The hurt I see helps to compound,
that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
Is just somebody's unholy hoax,
And if you're up there you'll perceive,
That my heart's here upon my sleeve.
If there's one thing I don't believe in..

[Kolesar]

5. It pissed me off that XTC did not record for a decade

They were in a "whistling match" over a contractual obligation with the record label. Eventually, A&M folded.