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Vices of the Vatican

from To Sever Ties With All Of Mankind by Hard Venom

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Though sunrise is nigh at hand,
The dawn escapes one’s eye.
The deeds this night have shattered the peace
Whilst the waning moon was high.

The mind screams out a feeble curse as the pyres alight in scores,
A priest denounces the sorcerous ways that the heathen tribes have brought.
All young girls are dragged from bed to be tested of their faith,
Those who fail will be burned at the stake to cleanse them of their “heresy”.

The shimmering youths are led to the field to undergo their trial.
The priest anoints their brows with chrism to evanesce the spirits vile.

He strips them down to their skyclad state and flagellates them raw,
The kiss of the whip scouring their skin makes their red blood pour.
He forces them all onto their knees to succumb to his fecund needs,
“Confess!” he yells to their prostrate heads as into their mouths he spurts his seed.

Under the midnight sky the priest deflowers their virginal tears,
As blood drips down from between their legs he utters his holy prayer,
“Deliver these sluts from evil whilst I cleanse them of his taint,
My seed will wash away their sin before I deliver them to your gate.”

His duty now complete he leads them to the awaiting pyres,
Whereupon he anoints them anon to repel the spirits dire.
Their confessions received under duress he sentences them to an immediate death,
As their fresh young bodies are consigned to the flames he exhales his breath,
Rejoicing in the purge of “Evil”.

For the hundreds of young witches never again to see another dawn,
For the fanatical priest so self-assured that he’d delivered them from the horned.
For the pervasiveness of the Christian hordes and their narrowminded views,
Never again should one and all capitulate to their asinine untruths.

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from To Sever Ties With All Of Mankind, released May 18, 2012
Lyrics: Krv
Music: Captain Epic

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