Theocracy by To Die Elsewhere

Theocracy - Single by To Die Elsewhere

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Theocracy
by To Die Elsewhere

Album: Theocracy - Single

We stand high on the mountain
And present our sacrifice
Our heads are hanging low
But we all knew the price
Our sons bound and marred
They'll soon feed the beast
Our daughters starved and scarred
Will be the monster's brides

We're willing slaves to the slaughter
If it will appease the provider
Of blood and skin we seek
The monster steals from the weak
So we offer up our kin
To seek that pleasure again
That vile cycle that we're all stuck in

There's a monster we all feed
Bound to consume this whole country
I invite it to come home with me
Then I cry when my children bleed

My country 'tis of thee
Sweet lust and savagery
Redefine my reality
With every dollar we worship thee

Don't we see the trail of bones
Leading back to our own homes
The ones that we have neglected
Deserved to be protected

The waters boil as we watch the creature rise
Its jaws open to consume our sacrifice
I feel my own teeth separate in hunger
And my dark shame is finally realized

I am the son of the beast
I'm the son of the beast
But I don't want that to be me

I smell its rotting stench like never before
The scent of death in the air is sour
How have I praised this twisted fiend
When my children's blood drips from its teeth

My country 'tis of thee
Sweet lust and savagery
Redefine my reality
With every dollar I worship thee

There's a monster we all feed
Bound to consume this whole country
I invite it to come home with me
Then I cry when my children bleed

If we want to be set free
We have to learn to starve the beast
But The hardest part is that I know
I know I have to start with me