The crowing bird of death recites its prayer

As serpents slither into ropes around

The hands and feet of men who tremble there

Upon the stake that burns to ashes in the ground

As those possessed ignite the sacred pyre

Dancing to the symphony of pain

Crescendos rise and fall within the fire

As molten bodies turn to human rain

To celebrate the cremation of those

Who in their eyes had led their lives astray

The stirring sea of chanting men now grows

Into the hungry ocean of dismay

Despite the flames, their fire disappears

And frigid silence trickles down their backs

A howling wind berates endangered ears, as charred remains

Of the deceased repairs its cracks

Flesh once melted rises to its bones

And seals itself in seamless virgin skin

Muscles grow to be as strong as stones

As eyes reform and open with a grin

Feigned death

As molten bodies turn to human rain

Feigned death

Flesh once melted rises to its bones

And seals itself in seamless virgin skin

Flesh once melted rises to its bones

And seals itself in seamless virgin skin

Muscles grow to be as strong as