Velvet Tongue

A thousand tears, a thousand eyes
 my friends and i, we cry
 religion has raped us
 forever we rehearse the song
 that strips our throats to blood
 we bare our souls in transparency
 but our velvet tongues will never
 please their ears
 but are you holding on?
 i'm holding on
 look at us dying
 a field of human crucifixes,
 weathered and fading
 heaven hears nothing
 as the priests are wailing
 and they're crushing our souls
 we feel our lives
 sifting through our hands
 but we're holding on
 look at my face
 look at god in my eyes
 we stand