Heretic Pride

[Verse 1] Well, they come and pull me from my house And they drag my body through the streets And the sun's so hot I think I'll catch fire and burn up In the summer air so moist and sweet [Verse 2] And the people all come out to cheer Rocks in the pathway break my skin And there's honeysuckle on the faint breeze today With every breath I'm drawing in [Chorus 1] I want to cry out But I don't scream and I don't shout And I feel so proud to be alive And I feel so proud when the reckoning arrives [Verse 3] Crowds grow denser by the second As we near the center of the town And they dig a trench right in the main square right there And they pick me up and throw me down [Verse 4] And I start laughing like a child And I mark their faces one by one Transfiguration's gonna come for me at last And I will burn hotter than the sun [Chorus 2] I waited so long And now I taste jasmine on my tongue And I feel so proud to be alive And I feel so proud when the reckoning arrives