Spawn

The priest came to see me today before sunrise I asked for a reason he wouldn't explain to me He said that my stubborn head had made my heart blind He grabbed my hand, prayed to his god in my name I still can't believe all the reasons he came here I'm not to account as god's beloved child, no more He said I'm a good man but evil's within me And something inside me is turning me wild and so He pierced my skin With laurel leaves And silent watched me bleed He stared at me And as I screamed I felt it all begin I'm a son of the devil Just a spawn of his lies His lies The devil came forth but I wouldn't believe him He's only a man there is nothing to fear for me Now I see my errors I beg you forgive me please I thought nothing of it when I sold my soul away But time told me lies and I fell to its playing I'm held by the merciless clutches of treachery I had no intention of handing myself to him So father confess me for my sins I must repent He soaked my skull In holy water And it burned inside Was it a ghost What had I lost But then I realized I'm a son of the devil Just a spawn of his lies His lies I'm a son of the devil Just a spawn of his lies His lies His lies His lies