The Imp Of The Perverse lyrics

Scholars lost in matters grey Adhere to scripture's law Elated by the tendency To see a man do wrong Redundant studies paralyze Narrow foresight reigns When those who crave To rape and kill are Slaves to human brains Standing at the precipice To feel the piercing thrill Knowing that you couldn't stop If you possessed the will Murder for the joy of blood And ease of simple gain Craven opportunal lust A portrait of the sane Atonement for the scum within Surrender those who'll do you in Drawn into the sacrifice Bleeding out on the altar of vice Jesters prance around the court Leaving dignity in tatters Their foolish kings are set to judge Invoke a justice shattered Solitude, my enemy How cunning you've become Closing cell doors rack my thoughts My will, a knot undone Daggered stares subsuming time Cycloptic slumber fate Iniquity consuming me The lightning surely waits Theories suspect, conjured blind Beg to be impugned Burden of my conscious mind Bleeding like his wounds Standing on the cliffs again In truth's abyss I plunge Perverse the joke pulled on us all Own the guts I spill, for once