Handsome Fee

Behold the congregation
The unrelenting hive
Amalgamation of the broken and nullified

We wish not for redemption
Nor to be free
As we carve through flesh for a handsome fee
We wish not for redemption
Nor to be free
As we carve through flesh for a handsome fee

Perched upon a mountain of carcasses
I claim them as my own
Amongst a band of accomplices
Surrounding as I take my rightful throne
Cleansing the land
We descend on the frightened and alone

Art thou afraid?
Thy peace must be made
For God has abandoned you
I stand in his place
Over your life
My power presides
Your blood worth more in gold
Than the weight of feeling justified

We wish not for redemption
Nor to be free
As we carve through flesh for a handsome fee
Carve through flesh for a handsome fee

I stare into your eyes so full of pain
Your skin my bounty at stake
We the strong
Delivered from the cruel hand of fate
Pursue the weak
They quiver in our wake
We the strong
Delivered from the cruel hand of fate
Pursue the weak
They quiver in our

Wake up to your new reality
Face up to the new regime
Entered by force into the black market of vital organs
Fair trade of hair and teeth
Fair trade of hair and teeth
Propelled by lust for the acquisition
Of sweet sweet currency

Salvation, preservation
Within the confines of apocalyptic heresy
Creation, liquidation
Beyond the gaze of any mortal man or moral deity
The price of sin
Cannot begin to bankrupt the filthy wealthy

Wake up to your new reality
Face up to the new regime
Entered by force into the black market of vital organs
Fair trade of hair and teeth
Fair trade of hair and teeth

Beaten and bruised beyond all capacity
Crushed down without reprieve
I, the fabled armour
Collect my handsome fee
Collect my handsome fee