The choking fears The children's tears The sisters' lap The congregation Plain cruelty And agony Behind the mask Of veneration A mother's love Promised the coif A place to live For lonely children But in the night They suffer blight The vile touch Of the truncheon And when the storm begins Above the convent spire There is no God in here Here's but infernal fire The walls are closing in On youthful lives so dire A day at sea Serenity As something was lost Among the waves Her tiny arms They struggled hard Against the drift To no avail Come heavy rain Wash off the pain Wash off the stains And memories Dare not to sleep Dare not to weep Dare not to speak Keep silence And so they reign By dread and pain In lightless days Unending For you are dirt You shall be hurt Your soul is cleansed By being broken And to this day The demons stay Forevermore Within me There's no relief There's just reprieve The will of God Is tribulation