Brimstone Ballet lyrics

Though I may seem callous` cried old Thomas Malthus,
`Paupers are better off dead.
That we have to feed them is something we need
Like a musket shot straight through the head.`
Not much of a smiler - our man Wat Tyler
(Died for the working man`s fight).
Was daring such a treason a justified reason
For ending his days with his head on a spike?

In order to see pearly factory gates -
We all learn our places (pre-destined fates).
God fearing people with minimal goals,
Led to the slaughter - `tools with souls`.

Save us from hellfire -
Save us from dancing the Brimstone Ballet.

When the church and its leaders sought new ways to bleed us -
It didn`t take them long to find,
Fear of perdition beats nuclear
Fission at making the mill-wheels grind.
Ban contraception - a shrewd move says I
Plenty of slaves born to suffer and die.
Say `Go forth and multiply` when you want more.
When you`ve too many just send them to war.

History`s wounds will not heal overnight -
They pray for my soul as they set me alight.
Remember the maxim `Arbeit Macht Frei` -
Thought up by a christian with God on his side...

It`s a hell made by christians with God on their side.

The work goes on in babylon -
Enslaving us from birth,
With promises of paradise -
They`ve made a hell on earth.

Save us from hellfire -
Save us from dancing the Brimstone Ballet.

Well I think that Satan was God`s best creation -
He`s kept him in business for years.
It`s not common sense making mankind repent -
But eternal damnation it fears.
They`re not slow to realise - they know every trick.
Drive human donkeys with God on a stick.
Tom Torquemada - he sings like a dream,
Lucrecia Borgia plays lead tambourine.

In order to see pearly factory gates -
We all learn our places (pre-destined fates).
God fearing people with minimal goals,
Led to the slaughter - `tools with souls!`

Save us from hellfire -
Save us from dancing the Brimstone Ballet