The sacrificial lamb
Laid out on the altar
Chest spread open
Like the wings of an angel
The wolf unburied
Out on open ground
Culled for the sin of its nature
And I've never known
Much of the land
I drained the whole river
Just to wash my hands
And the old folk tales
I read in the confessional
Can almost supplement
For something real
So please, please, please
Betray me like the firstborn son you are
You drive me crazy
Keeping promises like a grudge
Come on baby
You've been wanting to hurt me
Let me show you
How holy mortality can be
When the blood hits the snow
Don't say I didn't warn you
You call me Samuel
Think I'll do as I'm supposed to
You're holding my heart
Like the blade of a scythe
Go find somewhere else
To confess tonight
The wolf knows not
Hands of gold
But a taste of divine
Through never growing old
The look in her eyes
As he's starting to eat her
Saliva on teeth
Make me the martyr to your reaper
Hand-stained devotion
And man-made sin
How quickly we forget
The meaning of kin
There is no answer
Nothing to redeem
There is no future
For the unclean
Betray me
Like the firstborn son you are
You drive me crazy
Keeping promises like a grudge
Come on baby
Know you've been wanting to hurt me
Let me show you
How holy mortality can be
When the blood hits the snow
Don't say I didn't warn you
You call me Samuel
Think I'll do as I'm supposed to
You're holding my heart
Like the blade of a scythe
Go find somewhere else
To confess tonight
Blood like a prayer
Blessing me
I am not your keeper
Hail from Eden
Never to return
The first chosen sin
Must be instinct
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