The crowing bird of death recites its prayer As serpents slither into ropes around The hands and feet of men who tremble there Upon the stake that burns to ashes in the ground As those possessed ignite the sacred pyre Dancing to the symphony of pain Crescendos rise and fall within the fire As molten bodies turn to human rain To celebrate the cremation of those Who in their eyes had led their lives astray The stirring sea of chanting men now grows Into the hungry ocean of dismay Despite the flames, their fire disappears And frigid silence trickles down their backs A howling wind berates endangered ears As charred remains of the deceased repairs its cracks Flesh once melted rises to its bones And seals itself in seamless virgin skin Muscles grow to be as strong as stones As eyes reform and open with a grin Feigned Death As molten bodies turn to human rain Feigned Death Flesh once melted rises to its bones And seals itself in seamless virgin skin Flesh once melted rises to its bones And seals itself in seamless virgin skin Muscles grow to be as strong as