Mutilation for Holiness

The teeth of the whip tear flesh The blood and pain for God Your body must suffer For your eternal soul Your scars a holy vigil To your willing sacrifice To torture your body In repentance to Christ As you say your holy words you rip your skin anew A piety so arrogant to think this is what you must do A pitiful way for guilty masochists to masturbate for God An empty hollow ritual to satisfy their lusts The infection of sin you’re trying to kill Is deeper than just mere skin Though you’ll keep trying With a cat of nine tails And rip yourself to shreds To believe that your torment is holy in nature So twisted and sick of mind So offer your screams and blood to Jesus And take it out on your hide As you say your holy words you rip your skin anew A piety so arrogant to think this is what you must do A pitiful way for guilty masochists to masturbate for God An empty hollow ritual to satisfy their lusts