A long time ago During an age without scripture and minimal language A difficult transition From roaming packs to organized tribes No science to help Some difficult questions needed their answers Divided nations Demanded creation of fearless soldiers Clerical manipulation For procreation Clitoridectomy Infibulation Spreading through the masses as the perfect virus Conquering, altering mind after mind Meticulously, viciously harnessing the blind Spirited apes reduced to mindless insects Mandatory reproduction so that we can conquer the Earth Showing mercy only to the ones who convert No room in our history for the unbeliever Believe in our gods or be destroyed by fire Forgive me my father For what you have done Abuse me my father In silence I endure Torture me my father I have faith in pain Expiate my sins By penitence Experience how venomous one can get Once you've come to terms with the fact That your existence is worthless As the faith they place in the counterfeit deity Self-consciousness is a double-edged sword The need to be above all other animals Illusive Deity An escape from the anxieties of death Given the hope of immortality Deceptive Deity A remedy to our pain and suffering The only path to a blessed eternity Synthetic Deity A magic pill to confuse the human psyche The perfect plot to destroy the skeptic mind Counterfeit Deity Admire and devote your life to a master One who pretends to be the life giver The dominion is built for multiple reasons Scheming to turn everyone into a minion Divide, conquer and submit every population Engineer of mass manipulation Instrument of mass destruction Bow before the counterfeit deity Get down on your knees and bow down to your god Get down on your knees and suffer for your god Get down on your knees and bow down to your god Get down on your knees and suffer for your god Ask for a proof and your faith will be suspected Never be like the one who needed to touch the wounds The analytical might be judged and be rejected The total devotee is to be received in my kingdom Your God Disrespect Your children's mother Behind the veil A woman mourns It never ends Control by threat It never ends The guilt of our sins It never ends Lies of the Holy Scriptures It never ends Screaming in death's ear Guiding light of the lost sheep Why am I abandoned to melancholy Slaves by our own will to obey the rules Dictated by the profiteers of our feebleness Enslaved to be disciples instead of masters Of the only existence we have to live Terminate the ones who don't have your faith Ushers in senseless wars for supremacy An ocean of blood has flown over the years To fulfill some prophet's aspirations Their God, he loathes me Their God, despises me Master of Death, forgive me Taker of Life, spare me Master of Death, forgive me For years I have been Screaming in death's ears for God