Heretic Pride

Well, they come and pull me from my house

And they drag my body through the streets

And the sun's so hot I think I'll catch fire and burn

up

In the summer air so moist and sweet

And the people all come out to cheer

Rocks in the pathway break my skin

And there's honeysuckle on the faint breeze today

With every breath I'm drawing in

I want to cry out

But I don't scream and I don't shout

And I feel so proud to be alive

And I feel so proud when the reckoning arrives

The crowds grow denser by the second

As we near the center of the town

And they dig a trench right in the main square right

there

And they pick me up and throw me down

And I start laughing like a child

And I mark their faces one by one

Transfiguration's going to come for me at last

And I will burn hotter than the sun

I waited so long

And now I taste jasmine on my tongue

And I feel so proud to be alive

And I feel so proud when the reckoning arrives