Sacred and magickal, this night should be
but the close minded try to throw labels on me
Miseducated and self-centered,trying to make evil out of that which is good
you'll do things in the name of your god, that I know I never could
My Threefold Law is non-negotiable, it's just plain fact
Bygones and hypocrites, hide behind a book that they've hacked
Stealing traditions, they slander and scrutinize
So you tell me, where the real evil lies?
Force feeding their beliefs and ignorant fables
Telling tales of demons, saints and stables
Preaching "thou shalt not judge",yet
judge ye thee will
Hang, burn and behead while claiming "thou shalt not kill"
For only they can be right, for only they can be free
to openly believe what they choose to believe
They manufactured the image of the witch, as we see it today
they fail to explain just why it's that way
The skin, gone greenish from illness and neglect
See, they've covered up their wrongs, instead of offering respect.
Her nose looks quite odd, swollen and crooked
because she's been badly beaten, but that's not how you took it...
See how she's hunched over, so frail and battered
and her rag of a gown, so old and tattered
and her beautiful long hair, now a dirty tangled nest
Yes, they did this to many, they who are "blessed"
Then they drag her out forcefully, for they crowd to behold
Never questioning the one from whom the lie was told.
Friends, neighbors, family, from none are you safe
All it takes is a few words and you may share her fate.
They push the bound, broken woman to the middle of the crowd
She tries hard to protest, but they silence the sounds.
Pull the ropes tighter, til they break the thin skin
Make sure she can't move, build the wood and then
light the fire beneath her and watch as she squirms
stand and do nothing as the witch burns
Be not bothered by the stench, nor by her screams
Don't worry that this image will haunt
the children's dreams
Poison their minds to believe that acts against the different are justified
Scare them with monsters and brimstone, so they'll not question the lies.
Rewrite all the books, cover the tracks
brainwash them and make sure you never look back.
So, this is what is taught, to this day still
when they see that ugly witch display upon window sills.
Why not teach the truth? Why must good souls still be victimized?
Perhaps because in truth, the Burning Times are still alive.


"and though you fight to stay alive, your body starts to quiver
For no MERE MORTAL can resist the evil of the THRILLER...MUAHAHAHAHAHA"~Vincent Price
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