My path to absolution Is found within my screams I must achieve redemption To have my soul be clean I offer up my body My skin is free to thee I'm sacrificing my flesh My faith grows as I bleed Self inflict empathy Pain is my homage Shackled and tormented To feel worthy On my knees Arched back The lashes commence Kisses of leather Rub flesh I'm at peace Bit my lips And taste my flow And clench my fist And swallow The agony I watch the day Before my eyes Slip into A tortured paradise I feel his swath replace my blood The masochist's worship Man's diseased His hedonistic ways a plague to all I'll show them the wrath of god I pray for thee Their salvation and uncertainty I'll show them the wrath of god Father forgive them for they know not what they do Lost Wayward Fall to earthly vice I surrender them to you Castigate my body Strike my flesh Save my soul Mutilate my body This vessel Of damnation Castigate my body Burn the flesh Blind thy eyes Anticipate My elevation Salvation I shall rise Rise The ecstasy Of my misery From the purging of My impurities Rise above My mortal need For faith and love And worldly greed