The Sacrament of Flagellation

My portrait is a mosaic of disfigurement A wrecked hive for the crawling larvae of terrible past lives My sins are unforgivable and my faith is weak Yet I am the beauty of so much pain and I dwell in the house of the lord I cannot die I can only relive as darkness within the forbidden corridors of time Each day, I am the hurt that makes you love again I am the sorrow of so many unfulfilled dreams And I live within you Beneath my ribs you'll prick your fingers Just so that my heart can be yours... Your access to the void; Step inside, never look back But remember this forever in my terrible sunshine You returned, and achieved immortality Be as I am today Perish in the depths of becoming That you would fall short of divinity Because our destiny is reserved for sinners And you were merely an insect (Destroying yourself to be) And you were merely an insect (Destroying yourself to be) And you were merely an insect (Destroying yourself to be) As a vagrant shadow And you are merely an insect (Destroying yourself to be) And you are merely an insect (Destroying yourself to be) And you are merely an insect (Destroying yourself to be closer now to God...) I cannot die... I live within you...