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What is the reason God blessed me with sight?

And shows me these signs in the sky

Where my observations are now leading me

I am just so afraid to describe

My certainty

The center of the universe is the earth

The Holy Father has decreed

But I believe this heliocentric truth

Will they burn me for what I believe?

In holy flame be purified

In holy flame

How can all this be offensive to God?

Who created all that I see

How can I deny what I know to be real?

Will they burn me for what I believe?

In holy flame be purified

Injuring the holy faith with my blasphemy

I will face torment, and I will taste pain

I will be purified in holy flames

I pray for my salvation

Offending the Holy Church with my heresy

Before this court and before Holy God

I beg for mercy please forgive my sin

I pray for salvation

This fact cannot be disputed

The center of all creation is here

No debating and no discovery

Pray for my salvation

I abjure curse and detest all my errors

They are contrary to the Holy Scriptures

I recant for everything I have said

Pray for my salvation

In holy flames I'll be purified

And so we turn

And so we turn

Turning in a circle in a circle round the sun