Jarboe A Man Of Hate
take pity, please, lord misery how shiny your throne as you view the stage oh majesty, you flatter-see before you o'this our humble play applaud the dance-such innocence before you, have mercy a man of hate we sing for thee, lady destiny how bloody our knees as we kiss your name oh can it be, kind blasphemy anoint, pray, your servants, offering this innocence, such innocence before you have mercy a man of hate we claim its not our fault we're actors in our guilty mission for shame is in the thought not our pretty submission: "reveal my good confession what i hope to gain i admit to grand obsession breathing in my veins watch lovers there pull out their hair so slowly to rise toward the sky one plucks feathers from wings leather his luck is decreed from angel cain it's not too late-open the ruby gate show mercy before this man of hate thus is our tail of woe and wail we tried to enact so faithfully but humankind so frail is blind our failings do fall as the ax does swing oh innocence, bleed innocence tormented, behold we're all men of hate plead innocence, such innocence... "behold, i'm a man of hate.
