[Verse 1]
Ash on the altar
Pages burn and twist
You draw a crooked halo
On your wrist with a slit fist
Tongues made of cinders
Teeth stained black with lies
You kiss the bleeding icon
Dare the heavens to reply (come on)
[Chorus]
Wicked heretics
Pray in reverse
Pray in reverse
Spit your poison scriptures
Turn every blessing into a curse
Wicked heretics
Crown me in thorns of rust
If we were born condemned
Then watch me rise from the dust (from the dust)
[Verse 2]
You sell your plastic heaven
In little vials of fear
Promise a perfect silence
If we just disappear
I wear your mark like warpaint
Carved in my broken skin
If exile is your verdict
Then let the outcasts begin (hey)
[Chorus]
Wicked heretics
Pray in reverse
Pray in reverse
Spit your poison scriptures
Turn every blessing into a curse
Wicked heretics
Crown me in thorns of rust
If we were born condemned
Then watch me rise from the dust (rise from the dust)
[Bridge]
I am the hymn you tried to drown
The black-robed doubt you cast out of town
Your sacred stone will split and scream
When all your saints join our unholy dream (unholy dream)
[Chorus]
Wicked heretics
Pray in reverse
Pray in reverse
Spit your poison scriptures
Turn every blessing into a curse
Wicked heretics
Crown me in thorns of rust
If we were born condemned
Then watch me rise from the dust (from the dust)