Persecution

[Intro]

We're watching you

Nowhere to hide

Obey the holy laws

Repent for your sins

There is but one God

[Verse 1]

Against their holy laws

I'll do whatever it takes

I've met their kind before

We're martyrs burned at their stake

[Verse 2]

They try to dominate

I'll be a thorn in their side

They underestimate

The willpower feeding my pride

[Chorus]

Under the hand of persecution

Defy the institution

[Verse 3]

Their words just crucify

Condemning truth that I seek

They cannot justify

The pain, the havoc they wreak

[Verse 4]

I never will conform

My faith is deep to the core

I stand against reform

I'll never kneel down before

[Chorus]

Under the hand of persecution

Defy the institution

[Verse 5]

With raised fists of fire

As they conspire

I'll be defiant

Against the alliance

[Bridge]

They will not eradicate me

Break my will or suffocate me

I will subjugate the hate

That they breed

As the church interrogates

I cannot see they supplicate me

Execute and ridicule

We're all freed

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 6]

I never will conform

My faith is deep to the core

I stand against reform

I'll never kneel down before

[Chorus]

Under the hand of persecution

Defy the institution

Under the hand of persecution

Defy the institution

[Refrain]

Persecute

You defy

Execute crucify

Crucify

Persecute

You defy

Execute crucify

Crucify

Persecute

You defy

Execute crucify

Crucify

[Outro]

Persecute

You defy

You survive