Sanctimonious

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Sunset, darkness had fallen on the hill A storm was raging on outside the abbey In supplication sister Joan was kneeling at the convent gate, Begging for admission once again Joan: "Purify me, forgive me my sins mother Purify me, remove the demon within" The gate swung open and Joan was taken by the hand The old draconic abbess grasped her with an icy grip Margaret: "I'll punish defection, won't tolerate your sins I'll bring salvation," mother Margaret said Joan: "Purify me, forgive me my sins mother Purify me, remove the demon within" Margaret: "Your sins can be forgiven Just die by my hand De profundis clamavi ad te domine They all plead for their lives and repent Oh father rest her soul in the end You deceived the Lord, acted the innocent You sanctimonious whore" Margaret: "Hell awaits all infidels Hell awaits all apostates The day you left my convent, you were dead to me girl Now you return to die again" Margaret tore off her sister's veil and Dragged her about by the hair To the cloister courtyard A dagger in her hand Margaret: "Your sins can be forgiven Just die by my hand De profundis clamavi ad te domine They all plead for their lives and repent Oh father rest her soul in the end You deceived the Lord, acted the innocent You sanctimonious whore"

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

The morning bell was chiming through the dormitory Time for the nuns to pray the lauds Joan's bed still empty She ran away, trying to break free The sisters gathered in the chapel They felt something was wrong With empty eyes Margaret bowed her head "There was an accident," she said But she was telling lies Alice saw it in her eyes Brazen lies without devout disguise Abbess Margaret is a serpent in the pulpit Spreading her evil sway Abbess Margaret is a serpent in the pulpit Bow to her morbid obsession with sin! Margaret: "There's work to do in the churchyard Put sister Joan to rest! Right where the bare headstone stands Even she died by her own hands" Oh she was telling lies Alice saw it in her eyes Brazen lies behind devout disguise Abbess Margaret is a serpent in the pulpit Spreading her evil sway Abbess Margaret is a serpent in the pulpit Bow to her morbid obsession with sin! All the sisters: Now earth to earth in convent walls, to earth in churchyard sod You were not good enough for men and so you're given to God! ...and so you're given to God" Lies... Brazen lies behind devout disguise Abbess Margaret is a serpent in the pulpit Spreading her evil sway Abbess Margaret is a serpent in the pulpit Bow to her morbid obsession with sin!

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

13 girls side by side in line One of the sisters committed crime Foretold by voices from on high Mother's revelations never lie Margaret: "With devious lies, Satan creeps into your minds Soon we will see, who's not who she claims to be Take this knife and get undressed Incise the holy cross on your chests God strengthens the innocent Scourge yourself and face the torment I won't abandon you to lust and lechery And what I do, hurts me more than it hurts you" Margaret: "Down on your knees You will bleed Like he did on Calvary By God's holy laws you despise You shall be penalized" Divine epiphany or insane bigotry? No one ever saw what Margaret claimed to see Distress behind enclosure One sister could stand the pain no longer Margaret: "Take her to the cellar, I know what she needs Ordeal by boiling water, she will concede" Margaret: "Down on your knees You will bleed Like he did on Calvary By God's holy laws you despise You shall be penalized"

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Alice was tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep. All that she had witnessed that day had deeply agitated her. And while she still saw her fellow sister's scalded arms in her mind's eye, a feeling of guilt arose. Voice: "You have sinned as well" An affair with a young man from the village led to more than just a broken vow. She knew she was pregnant. Fear was slowly turning into despair as she heard a strange and evil voice talking to her, whispering in her ear, putting her faith to the test... Voice: "...Listen!"

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Alice: "You don't always reap what you sow But God insists on obedience Angel of light, Don't lead me into temptation I hear your voice every night Whispering in my ear Is it the devil that speaks to me? Voice: "Lay down your sinless heart I'll rip you piety apart Lay down your sinless heart I'll rip you piety apart I'll rip your piety apart" Alice: "Absolve my guilt one last time I know, I broke my vow of chastity Indulged myself in lust Mortal sins in the sacristy But God knows what no one can see A lifetime full of sin Is it the devil that speaks to me?" Voice: "Lay down your sinless heart I'll rip you piety apart Lay down your sinless heart I'll rip you piety apart I'll rip your piety apart" Alice: "Father, I have sinned Seduced by the devil deep within Father, please forgive me I know I'll pay for my blasphemy I know I'll pay for my blasphemy" Alice: "Is it the devil that speaks to me?" Voice: "Lay down your sinless heart I'll rip you piety apart Lay down your sinless heart I'll rip you piety apart I'll rip your piety apart"

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

The twinge of remorse grew stronger each day Her guilty conscience, a mental strain Poor Alice, she needed a friend Someone to talk to, who understands ...Understands Prioress Clare was always at hand The heart and soul of the convent Talking to her was such a relief She could keep a secret and ease Alice's grief Oh, death drew near unseen Peace can be deceiving Alice felt so unburdened In the cloister garden Reciting the rosary Having devotions quietly While the church bell rang She heard the cherubs sing Not knowing that soon Her child would be one of them Joan always said: "Don't trust the Prioress" In secret Clare was a snitch And so submissive to the abbess Right on the next day She gave Alice's secret away ...Betrayal Without a spark of decency She reported Alice's pregnancy Margaret: "Transgression against holy law You know the procedure, take care of that whore!" Oh, death drew near unseen Peace can be deceiving Alice felt so unburdened In the cloister garden Reciting the rosary Having devotions quietly While the church bell rang She heard the cherubs sing Not knowing that soon Her child would be one of them Joan always said: "Don't trust the Prioress" In the refectory One meal was prepared separately Clare was a master of her craft Margaret's herbalist Oh Alice never noticed that strange bitterness Nor the poison of the prioress Clare: "Mother, this herbal extract With mandrake and blue flag Black hellebore and archangel Is the key To kill what's not meant to be" Alice felt so unburdened In the cloister garden Reciting the rosary Having devotions quietly While the church bell rang She heard the cherubs sing With every meal, with every bite She was killing her child ...Killing her child

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Choir: "Mother...Mother cleans them in blood! Mother...Mother cleans them in blood!"

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

When everybody's fast asleep, she arises Driven by a vision in her head Almost every night she left the convent walls unseen Led by divine order to purge a world so obscene Margaret: "Say your last false prayer I'll find you everywhere!" And every single night She saw that glaring light A kind of spectral entity In her mind an angel's telling her to feed the God ...with blood Blood Unbelievers' blood Blood Unbelievers' blood In the alleys, in the streets, people vanish When Margaret's on her quest for blood "Lovely Belle," they said, she was a notorious whore How sad, she and her bastard son were seen nevermore Margaret: "Say your last false prayer I'll find you everywhere!" And every single night She saw that glaring lifht A kind of spectral entity In her mind an angel's telling her to feed the God ...with blood Blood Unbelievers' blood Blood Unbelievers' blood Every night under angel's command Margaret was talking to herself again While hiding bodies in the woods Margaret: "Naught shelters ye, who wilt not shelter Me" And every single night She saw that glaring lifht A kind of spectral entity In her mind an angel's telling her to feed the God ...with blood

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Margaret: "Choir practice today There's no excuse to stay away" Alice was still in bed A piercing pain, in her head Her condition got worse A fellow Sister: "If you don't go, you'll be coerced" So she made her way up to the choir Margaret: "Sing!" She could hardly climb the stairs Margaret: "Sing like an angel!" Alice: "Oh God," she cried "There's blood on the choir stalls" Her pregnancy exposed, blood has drenched her clothes "Oh God, my child" Her blood on the choir stalls Margaret: Brazen Pharisee, you broke your chastity" A stream of blood like claret And the child came out dead The sisters were petrified in fear Margaret: "No! You won't blemish and defile These halls no more I'll get rid of the child You others, clean that floor!" Margaret: "Sin! Fornication means damnation! ...Damnation!" Alice: "Oh God," she cried "There's blood on the choir stalls" Her pregnancy exposed, blood has drenched her clothes "Oh God, my child" Her blood on the choir stalls Margaret: Brazen Pharisee, you broke your chastity" The pain was sharp and searing Like a hot coal, burning in her stomach Like being eaten from inside Margaret: "Take her away To the tower She brought disgrace on this holy place Isolated she shall dwell In her tower cell No on should ever to speak to her...again"

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Alice: "A final prayer all alone, behind these walls of stone On darkest days reality fades No one to trust in this convent of snakes The Lord has given, the Lord has taken away Still I have to stay Bound by shame to this penitent's cell Why won't you take my life as well? Take my life! Remove the seven swords sticking in my heart! End this pain, take my soul! Guide me down to Sheol! Remove the seven swords, the seven swords sticking in my heart! The pain inside feeds the doubt I tried to hide Oh tell me Lord, what's left to do? Give me a reason why I shouldn't turn my back on you Take my life! Remove the seven swords sticking in my heart! End this pain, take my soul! Guide me down to Sheol! Remove the seven swords, the seven swords sticking in my heart!

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

Still isolated in the tower Waiting for pain to come Through the window to the courtyard She saw a light in the dark Margaret was lighting candles at the cellar entrance Alice: "What do you scheme? Oh I wonder what's behind the door Only you have the key for" Alice left her chamber To follow Margaret to the cellar Alice: "What does she hide down inside? What does she hide deep down inside her mind?" She found the hidden crypt under holy ground Down in the dark A grave for infant bastard kids Born to die at once Straight from the cradle to the grave Killed at birth Born from sin Alice screamed at the top of her lungs Alice: "Margaret, what have you done?" Infanticide in the name of Christ Murder in holy disguise Alice knocked her to the ground, Grabbed her neck and choked her Alice: "What do you hide down inside? What's going on in your deranged mind?" She found the hidden crypt under holy ground Down in the dark A grave for infant bastard kids Born to die at once Straight from the cradle to the grave Killed at birth Born from sin

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

Margaret was on the floor She wasn't breathing anymore Her eyes so dead Alice heard the voices in her head...again Standing in the cellar amid decay and decline Surrounded by the testimonies of Margaret's crimes Alice was still in shock, her hands were shaking It was apparent that her mind was breaking Pure insanity in her eyes Her faith was broken Alice: "No God in the skies Just infinite lies I deny the deceiver Jesus Christ" Alice: "Chaos will arise All hope is lost" The voice still talking in her head It said: "There is no God" Alice: "Like a sheep led astray, I've been so blind Your lord of lies feeds on simple minds If there's a God he has left us to die anyway Only terror reigns and death prevails" Pure insanity in her eyes Her faith was broken Alice: "No God in the skies Just infinite lies I deny the deceiver Jesus Christ" Alice: "Chaos will arise All hope is lost" The voice still talking in her head It said: "There is no God" Alice left the crypt and went to the dorm room Margaret's dagger in her hand Alice: "No more lies, I'd rather bow to the devil's might I'll end it all, I'll end it all tonight" The first two sisters Alice passed were smothered in their sleep The rest, awoken by a scream Alice: "Hail Satan!" In a murderous frenzy, the nuns were stabbed one by one Alice seemed to have fun Alice: "Hail Satan!" After all the blood was shed, a dreadful scene was left A convent of the dead Alice: "Hail Satan!" Alice: "Chaos will arise All hope is lost" The voice still talking in her head It said: "There is no God"

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025