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Load the Holy Gun

V6

[INTRO — DISTANT CHANT, LOW DRONE] The penis is evil The penis is evil The penis is evil So keep your hands clean [VERSE 1] Wake before the sun, load the holy gun Boots in the dust, another filthy one Name on the list, face in the frame We know what he wants and we know his name Door comes down — RUN Lights come on — RUN Everybody's innocent 'Til we say they're not We don't ask why We don't ask when We don't ask what lives Behind the eyes of men We hunt the hungry We hunt the weak We hunt the thing That makes a body speak [PRE-CHORUS] Point it straight Keep it clean Don't become What you have seen [CHORUS — HUGE GANG VOCALS] THE PENIS IS EVIL THE GUN IS PURE THE FLESH IS A SICKNESS THE LAW IS THE CURE THE PENIS IS EVIL THE GUN IS THE WORD WE KILL THE DESIRE BEFORE IT IS HEARD [VERSE 2] We caught him at midnight We caught him at dawn We caught him reaching For something withdrawn We caught him dreaming We caught him alone We caught him wanting What was never his own Drag him outside Make him confess Strip off the sin And call it righteousness A little applause A little parade Another bad man Another clean day We laugh when we chase We laugh when they run There's nothing like justice When justice has a gun [PRE-CHORUS] Point it straight Keep it clean Don't become What you have seen [CHORUS] THE PENIS IS EVIL THE GUN IS PURE THE FLESH IS A SICKNESS THE LAW IS THE CURE THE PENIS IS EVIL THE GUN IS THE WORD WE KILL THE DESIRE BEFORE IT IS HEARD [BREAKDOWN — RITUALISTIC, HALF-TIME] No touching No tasting No sleeping No wasting No wanting No dreaming No asking No feeling THE BODY LIES THE BODY LIES THE BODY LIES THE BODY LIES [QUIET BRIDGE — SINGLE VOCAL] I saw a man today He looked a little like me Same hands Same eyes Same hunger underneath I felt something rise So I raised the gun They told me that's the difference Between a man and a son [INSTRUMENTAL BUILD] [CHANT — INCREASINGLY MANIC] Exterminate Exterminate Exterminate Exterminate Exterminate the wanting Exterminate the need Exterminate the animal Exterminate the seed [FINAL CHORUS — CHAOTIC] THE PENIS IS EVIL THE GUN IS PURE THE FLESH IS A SICKNESS THE LAW IS THE CURE THE PENIS IS EVIL THE GUN IS THE WORD WE KILL THE DESIRE BEFORE IT IS HEARD [OUTRO — CHANT COLLAPSING INTO WHISPERS] Don't want Don't touch Don't dream Don't feel The penis is evil The penis is evil The penis is— [ABRUPT STOP]