ALL IN GOD’S NAME

Square, iron, nine inch nails sledge
hammered through the beaten
whipped, tortured, bloodied
doomed to die “Nazarene”
a crown of thorns placed on his head
anointed as “The King of Jews”
lifted upright, feet are nailed
impaled, awaiting a tomb

Gethsemane
last hours praying
wasting time, hope for nothing
“Father” answers prayers with impending
suffering
stripped naked
mocked, crucified
fed vinegar
pierced with a spear
warm blood slowly flows
mortality appears

Hung, quartered, buried alive
stripped of flesh, left to die
Head Crusher, Knee Splitter
tortured by saws, rats and coffins
Jesus Cradle, Pear of Anguish
burned at stakes, witches parish
Breaking Wheel, Iron Chair
christian revenge pollutes the air

Eradicating
insurgent rebels
executing heretics
persecuting non-converting
“anarchists”
annihilating
seizing, destroying
viciously enslaving
brutally raping, agonizing
savagery

Sacrificing
casualties
seamlessly
achieving
glory of
“holy divinity”

ALL IN GOD’S NAME
ALL IN GOD’S NAME
ALL IN GOD’S NAME
ALL IN GOD’S NAME

Buried in dirt
head exposed
stones prepared
to be thrown
hand-picked for
fatal damage
“honor”
breaks first bones
death dealt
for differing faith
or rebellion
none are safe
consequences
fiercely flawed
gruesome killing
worshiping god

Righteously
subjugating
defending sacred beliefs
barbaric
murder, encouraged
slaughtering
eliminate
all other faiths
non conformists will meet their fate
obey, follow what’s been taught
conform and live
god is law

Sacrificing
casualties
seamlessly
achieving
glory of
“holy divinity”

ALL IN GOD’S NAME
ALL IN GOD’S NAME
ALL IN GOD’S NAME
ALL IN GOD’S NAME
ALL IN GOD’S NAME
ALL IN GOD’S NAME
ALL IN GOD’S NAME
ALL IN GOD’S NAME

When “messiah”
does arrive
who will live?
who will die?
reality
will decide
who lived the truth
and who lived a lie