Lyrics Brimstone Ballet - Skyclad

Brimstone Ballet

«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 amusket shot straight through the head»
Not much of a smiler, our man Wat Tyler
Died for the working man’s fight
Was daring such 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
Lucretia 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