[style: industrial metal] [mood: foreboding] [tempo: fast] [texture: gritty] [intro: the Right Reverend sings in a booming raspy voice above dark atmospheric pads, creepy choirs and sinister synth riffs] Let us speak of lovely things Shadows are but demon wings Darkness is the song it sings And hatred is the love it brings •• Misogyny is the voice of kings Translated from their god If a word is uttered in dissent It must be the voice of fraud [pre-chorus] Pray for me… I don’t have enough pain Pray for me… I don’t want to stay sane A lowly leper in the land of kings I’m forbade to speak of lovely things [chorus] Pariah Messiah set afire for her words For she spoke against the kings They alone may cull the herds Kings alone speak lovely things [verse] We’ve been warned and dare not loose our tongues Lest they burn us at the stake The patriarchs command us to live in fear But deep inside their hearts still quake •• Do we dare now speak of lovely things? Knowing the punishment it brings Do we raise our voices to defy the kings? Do we dare put an end to suffering? [pre-chorus] Pray for me… I don’t have enough pain Pray for me… I don’t want to stay sane A humble leper in the land of kings I’m forbade to speak of lovely things [chorus] Pariah Messiah set afire for Her words For she spoke against the kings They alone may cull the herds Kings alone speak lovely things [bridge: creepy choirs and dark monastic chants create an intense and unsettling vibe] Yet Her voice shall be heard In defiance of the kings Mother’s strength protects the herd As we speak of lovely things [interlude: staccato guitar riffs and taiko drums] [chorus] Pariah Messiah set afire for Her words She dared speak against the kings They alone may cull the herds Kings alone speak lovely things [outro] The kings are all naked The kings are all naked The kings are all naked •• We now speak of lovely things To put an end to suffering We shall dethrone naked kings We shall sing these lovely things Ooh… these Lovely Things [music: metallic synth stabs and strong guitar riffs create a powerful vibe as the song begins to come to an end. Silence]
