Brimstone Ballet

歌詞

"Though I may seem callous" cried old Thomas Malthus "Paupers are better off dead That we have to feed them is something we need Like amusket shot straight through the head" Not much of a smiler, our man Wat Tyler Died for the working man's fight Was daring such treason, a justified reason For ending his days with his head on a spike? In order to see pearly factory gates We all learn our places, pre-destined fates God-fearing people with minimal goals, Led to the slaughter, tools with souls Save us from hellfire Save us from dancing the Brimstone Ballet When the church and its leaders sought new ways to bleed us It didn't take them long to find Fear of perdition beats nuclear fission At making the mill-wheels grind Ban contraception, a shrewd move says I Plenty of slaves born to suffer and die Say "go forth and multiply" when you want more When you've too many just send them to war History's wounds will not heal overnight They pray for my soul as they set me alight Remember the maxim "Arbeit Macht Frei" Thought up by a christian with God on his side It's a hell made by christians with God on their side The work goes on in Babylon Enslaving us from birth With promises of paradise They've made a hell on earth Save us from hellfire Save us from dancing the Brimstone Ballet Well I think that Satan was God's best creation He's kept him in business for years It's not common sense making mankind repent But eternal damnation it fears They're not slow to realise, they know every trick Drive human donkeys with God on a stick Tom Torquemada he sings like a dream Lucretia Borgia plays lead tambourine In order to see pearly factory gates We all learn our places, pre-destined fates God-fearing people with minimal goals, Led to the slaughter, tools with souls Save us from hellfire Save us from dancing the Brimstone Ballet