Feigned Death Lyrics

The crowing bird of death recites its prayer
As serpents slither into ropes around
The hands and feet of men who tremble there
Upon the stake that burns to ashes in the ground.

As those possessed ignite the sacred pyre
Dancing to the symphony of pain,
Crescendos rise and fall within the fire
As molten bodies turn to human rain.

To celebrate the cremation of those
Who in their eyes had led their lives astray,
The stirring sea of chanting men now grows
Into the hungry ocean of dismay.

Despite the flames, their fire disappears
And frigid silence trickles down their backs.
A howling wind berates endangered ears
As charred remains of the deceased repairs its cracks.

Flesh once melted rises to its bones
And seals itself in seamless virgin skin.
Muscles grow to be as strong as stones
As eyes reform and open with a grin.
Feigned Death

As molten bodies turn to human rain.
Feigned Death
Flesh once melted rises to its bones
And seals itself in seamless virgin skin.

Flesh once melted rises to its bones
And seals itself in seamless virgin skin.
Muscles grow to be as strong as