Scepter of Agony

Intro

Shattered altar stained with pleading

Eyes upturned to coal-black sky

Ashen prayers lost, unheeding

Bound to fate, condemned to die

Verse 1

Flesh and faith collide in silence

Worn and wasted, hope is thin

Bruised beneath relentless violence

He drowns in the sin of men

Chorus

Crowned in thorns by trembling hands

Mocked by the tongue of betrayal

Blood and ink flood the shattered land

This savior, bleeding and frail

Verse 2

Wounds ignite in scornful daylight

Torment sewn into faithless skin

Broken bones in violent starlight

He bears the rot that seethes within

Pre-Chorus

Screams are swallowed by storm and shadow

Hope dissolves in acrid rain

Chorus

Crowned in thorns by trembling hands

Mocked by the tongue of betrayal

Blood and ink flood the shattered land

This savior, bleeding and frail

Post-Chorus

Writhing, writhing, on the pyre of silence

Writhing, writhing, judgment calls

Post-Chorus

Writhing, writhing, on the pyre of silence

Writhing, writhing, judgment calls