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Burn 'til New


Sacrilege

Sanctimony

bastards

and heathens

burn

burn

incinerate

light them up

watch the flames

reach ever higher

burn

burn

heresy

hypocrisy

savages

and monsters

burn

burn

strike the match

and splash the oil

the fire ever brighter

burn

burn

trickery

deceit

witches

and demons

coming to the feast

burn

burn

insanity

burn

burn

chant the fumbling sheep

burn

burn

the wrong

the diseased

burn

till nothing else

but ash is left

burn

burn

burn

till morning bright

burn

burn

cleanse the world with fire

forget about your charity

your honesty

your honor

forget your service

forget your due

burn

burn

burn

the world

as it lays tired

burn

burn

the refuse

and the filth

burn

burn

till nothing else is left

burn

burn

burn

leave nothing

no stone

no wood

no weeping child

burn

burn

burn it all to ground

at last the fire roaring

with everything destroyed

cast thyself

in the fire

burn

burn

so the world can turn anew

burnt and crisp

pure and black

burned beyond desire

forest from the ashes

diamond from the coals

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