Within Temptation

 

Ethereal Shadows - Gods Of Temptation

1.

Smile for the camera, perform for the audience;

theologians; politicians, within Gods reach –

staking their Tempers Tempted Torque suspense.

Save yourself some funny bones, as Heaven's chance;

makes a grifter into a leader of multitudes, Preach!

Divisions divide, Reductio Infernii – Screech.

Anthems begotten to Anecdotes, anticipated lens.

2.

Templars, hear ye, who you lament at the derelict Altar;

who you wail to Heaven in prayer, for the Paradise lost.

Let Jesus console you, for Victory is upon thee, Vulcan!

No Starfleet controls your apogee, even then vulgar;

remember your ashen homelands account for the cost;

Gold has no domain in Heaven, pay Iron, Man your Post!

Yonder lies the Promised Land, you Vows at hand, Excelsior.

3.

Don't falter before the finish, for wailing, gnashing tooth;

keep your eyes on Jesus, charge ahead, make way!

He shall make you into Gates of No Gate, the Praying Booth;

Icons of Sanctified Temperance, to soothe, who under the roof.

Those, who find shelter in thee, blessed be, who dost sway;

He'll be made into a Warding Angel, to Guard and Pray:

“Let the Children come to Me, and the Heathens have a spook!”