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Father, tear him out of my heart

(Farther father)

Break his image into infinite shards

(Farther father)

Cut their throats spill the poison blood

(Stain the altar)

Cast me out of the grace, the light, and the love

I am meaningless to heaven

I am invisible to hell

If there’s a reckoning out there

Why haven’t I been cut down and buried shallow where I fell

Father I’ve communed with the dark

(Farther father)

With a void, with no edge and no heart

(Farther father)

It is here dressed in your holy robes

(The candles falter)

Deceit and death disguised in his favorite cloaks

I want the burden of proof

Not the convenience of fate

I’d rather be alone

Than worship a word on the page

A word on a page

As I accept the sacrament

(Forgive forget)

And revel in the testament

(Forgive forget)

My return to serenity

(Forgive forget)

Why haven’t you forgiven me?

Why?

Why won’t you forgive me?

Return to serenity

Why won’t you forgive me?

Why?

Why won’t you forgive me?

Fade to obscurity

Why won’t you forgive me

Your pain is killing all of me

I am meaningless to heaven

I am invisible to hell

If there’s a reckoning out there

Why haven’t I been cut down and buried shallow where I fell?

The only hand I feel on my back

Is a creeping fever robed in black

The bell won’t till unless he rings it

The hole isn’t dug until he digs it

There is no plan he is it

We’re just pawns for the slaughter of his bishop