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