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The Sin of the Sanctified

HOW MANY GUNS WOULD JESUS BUY
HOW MANY BODIES COULD HE JUSTIFY
REMEMBER PEACE WAS A NAME OF THE GOD
THAT’S INCONVENIENT FOR YOUR FIRING SQUAD   

I SEE YOU

AMASS RICHES BUT IT'S HELL TO PAY
FOR STRANGE FACES THAT WE’RE TURNING AWAY
LIFE SACRED BUT IT'S EYE FOR AN EYE
FOR THOSE WE CONDEMN TO DIE
 
THE SIN OF THE SANCTIFIED
WE BLEED AS THE WORLDS COLLIDE
WE SCREAM IN THE NIGHT
AND BY THE LIGHT
CAST CREED AND SAINTS ASIDE

THE FATE OF THE FALSE WHO PRAYED
THE RAGE OF A GOD BETRAYED
WILL A FIRE IN THE SKY
FREE THE WORLD OF YOUR LIE
WHEN THE LAST HAVE STRAYED

A FEW COMMANDMENTS FAST IGNORED
SO DRAW YOUR WEAPON FOR YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD
WHAT AMMUNITION DID YOUR BOOK PROVIDE
WHEN DID THE PROPHETS TEACH YOU SUICIDE

SO NOW IT’S

TWO STATES ONE THEOCRACY
APART WIDER THAN A BLOOD RED SEA
OCCUPATION AND THE INSTITUTION
OF YOUR FINAL SOLUTION

THE SIN OF THE SANCTIFIED
WE BLEED AS THE WORLDS COLLIDE
WE SCREAM IN THE NIGHT
AND BY THE LIGHT
CAST CREED AND SAINTS ASIDE

THE FATE OF THE FALSE WHO PRAYED
THE RAGE OF A GOD BETRAYED
WILL A FIRE IN THE SKY
FREE THE WORLD OF YOUR LIE
WHEN THE LAST HAVE STRAYED

AND THE DECEIVING BASTARDS PAID

From the album The New Republic [MET 1325]
Lyrics by Thomas Mark Anthony · © & ® 2023 Metropolis Records