Virgin Steele

[Music and lyrics: De Feis]
Gunfire up in heaven no religion here
raping your salvation, the last sound that you'll hear
the snap of the noose the crack of the whip
the hangman's face is torn
in shameless crucifixion a savage nation's born
Behold the new messiah, arising from the wound
in rags of execution freedom is consumned
You are a rose you are a blade
I'm down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign
life among the ruins
I've lived among the ruins walked among the dead
loved among the wreckage beneath a flag of red
communion of blood so bitter the cup
a union born of fear
creation and perdition a world within a tear