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Death and suffering of a martyr

Defended beyond moral truth

Abused, sacrificial lamb

Scorched through the spleen

Ribs breaking, heart pounding

Immoral suffering

Scapegoat, sacrificial lamb

Flayed one flesh

Bringing endless agony

Essential suffering

For the beauty and mystery of transcendent pain

Eyes open, peel the skin

Strapped into a rotating rack and flayed

Echoes gloat over the terrible fate imposed

What is it to be achieved?

Martyrdom brings possibilities

Of seeing into the afterlife

Creating martyrs through systematic perversion

To learn what lies after death

Fading

Transcending

Martyrdom achieved

Learning what lies after death

Transcending

Martyrdom achieved