[Verse 1]
Born into folded hands
Crib under stained glass glare
Silver tongue at the altar
Selling you blessed despair
Candle smoke in your lungs
Choking as they chant your fate
Every hymn a rusted hook
Dragged through your birthmarked faith
[Chorus]
Thorns of the holy lie
Crowns carved into your eyes
On your knees you think you’re saved
But you’re kissing the serpent’s blade
Pray to your shining throne
Think you’re heard
You’re not alone
Every word you bleed to God
Is a hymn to the devil you laud (yeah)
[Verse 2]
Fear is their golden chain
Halo made of sharpened shame
“Love” etched in boiling fire
Branded with a borrowed name
They promised you heaven’s gate
Built it out of rotting dread
Every “amen” that you breathe
Feeds the swarm inside your head
[Chorus]
Thorns of the holy lie
Crowns carved into your eyes
On your knees you think you’re saved
But you’re kissing the serpent’s blade
Pray to your shining throne
Think you’re heard
You’re not alone
Every word you bleed to God
Is a hymn to the devil you laud (hey!)
[Bridge]
So tell me
Who profits from your trembling sleep?
Who fattens on your crawling belief?
You beg in the dark for a hand from above
It’s the forked tongue twisting your love
[Chorus]
Thorns of the holy lie
Crowns carved into your eyes
On your knees you think you’re saved
But you’re kissing the serpent’s blade
Pray to your shining throne
Think you’re heard
You’re not alone
Every plea you scream to “God”
Is a pact with the demon you applaud (woah)