Sacramental Rites

The morning of the ceremony in dark December light

Innocence came to a sudden end

Blind within your apathy, a man with gifted sight

Captured you under his spell

Summoned into danger

You could not say no

Tempted by a stranger

A world you could not know

Before you take the Holy Sacrament

Swallow the bread and wine

Let your heart become your testament

Cast aside the malign

In the days that followed, you tried to rationalize

To silence the horror and the shame

But now the voice is beckoning, you can see his eyes

Could you be tempted again?

It seemed against all nature

But still you had to know

Beholden to this stranger

He's calling you to go

Before you take the Holy Sacrament

Swallow the bread and wine

Let your heart become your testament

Cast aside the malign

Ooh, before you take the Holy Sacrament

Swallow the bread and wine

Let your soul decree your testament

Before you take the Holy Sacrament

Get on your knees

Take the Holy Sacrament now

Make your peace