Born from the hidden

The dark and the suppressed

A lifetime of misery

In the ranks of the oppressed

In my skin I pen my sins

The burden of penance carved in flesh

My body is a map of pain

A scar ridden wasteland

I regret reciting forgiveness

I repent cutting deep not to forget

Mutilation for absolution

To avoid the horrors of damnation

My pain and blood will bring

Salvation and humiliation

A festering sickness

That rages inside

From birth of fragile flesh

To decay upon the cross

I regret reciting forgiveness

I repent cutting deep not to forget

In my skin I pen my sins

The burden of penance carved in flesh

My body is a map of pain

A scar ridden wasteland

Born from the hidden

The dark and the suppressed

A lifetime of misery

In the ranks of the oppressed

A festering sickness

That rages inside

From birth of fragile flesh

To decay upon the cross