One Man's Failure

Paranoia filled his heart

It was the prophecy that stood to tear his world apart

The wise foresaw the birth of a son

Who would teach of a life beyond this mortal one

Through arrogance and a desire to remain you know

It's like a beast that rises across the sky

Paranoia declared that child must die

Slay all the sons that are less than two

And thus the cruelest campaign did ensue

It did, despite his arrogance and a desire to remain well you know

This was the moment in time, when all could have been reversed

When those who did stand by, who allowed the ensuing madness to reign

One moment in time, when all could have been reversed

When paranoia's throne was usurped, when the flesh of your saviour should have burned

Like a star, like that beacon in the night

But paranoia was betrayed by the enlightened that lead the way

And despite all the steel that carved through the young flesh

Paranoia's authority was trampled on

The flesh of your saviour should burn

And from the day we're born until the day we die

The shackles that bind us men and women of the west

That would never have been, oh a fucking nightmare

Nightmare, the nightmare cometh, paranoia's failure set that faith aflame