Devout People of Cvstodia Bear witness to the miracle In gold and blood and tears Brought forth by Mea Culpa Behold the Grievous Miracle Its ways profound and inerrable Do not avert your gaze and you shall see A world transformed in perpetual agony Mea Culpa... Amidst his slain brothers wakes The Penitent One Brought back to life, bereft of his martyrdom Rising from their corpses with cursed faith Stands against the Miracle like a vengeful wraith Devout People of Cvstodia Bear witness to the miracle In gold and blood and tears Brought forth by Mea Culpa Oh Penitent One Resurrected by the miracle A truly Blasphemous parable Blessing of the Twisted One Forged in the heart of a guilty woman Blood and tears and righteous grace Put holy sinners in their place Oh Mea Culpa Resurrected by the miracle A truly Blasphemous parable Blessing of the Twisted One Forged in the heart of a guilty woman Blood and tears and righteous grace Put holy sinners in their place Oh Mea Culpa Mea Culpa On the Path of Atonement, through the Holy Wound The Miracle's ways are paved with bodies pruned He never knew hatred, he does not know fear A pilgrimage of penance, his purpose is clear Mea Culpa... Dark Visions before him, redemption out of reach With heresy and sacrilege he has been impeached By his papal holiness himself, distorted and mislead The Penitent One dares where angels fear to tread Devout People of Cvstodia Bear witness to the miracle In gold and blood and tears Brought forth by Mea Culpa Oh Penitent One Resurrected by the miracle A truly Blasphemous parable Blessing of the Twisted One Forged in the heart of a guilty woman Blood and tears and righteous grace Put holy sinners in their place Oh Mea Culpa Wielder of the heretic sword, the guilt given shape Shouldering sacrilege and indulgence's weight From the kneeling stone onwards he heeds the call To right the wrongs of the high wills and deliver us all Mea Culpa... Pure of heart he faced the three humiliations Forbidding pillars of the divine trinity's foundation To bring an end to the miracle's unholy benediction The Penitent One seeks the cradle of affliction Devout People of Cvstodia Bear witness to the miracle In gold and blood and tears Brought forth by Mea Culpa Oh Penitent One Resurrected by the miracle A truly Blasphemous parable Blessing of the Twisted One Forged in the heart of a guilty woman Blood and tears and righteous grace Put holy sinners in their place Oh Mea Culpa Oh Penitent One Wearing the crown of thorns Mea Culpa in his pious hands The last brother of the silent sorrow For his brethren there was no tomorrow In expiation of excommunication He brings forth Cvstodia's salvation Devout People of Cvstodia Bear witness to the miracle In gold and blood and tears Brought forth by Mea Culpa Oh Penitent One Resurrected by the miracle A truly Blasphemous parable Blessing of the Twisted One Forged in the heart of a guilty woman Blood and tears and righteous grace Put holy sinners in their place Oh Mea Culpa With a swing of Mea Culpa And his burning wish to repent The Penitent One Brings the Grievous Miracle to its end
