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In the musty groves of the faithful

Creep vines of life born for death

Flourishing to taunt his passion

Ash to ash, spur unto his king

Crown of thorns

Sacred brow torn

Wine flows free

Fallen is he

Piercing false messiah

Shredded royal scalp

Carving unholy lesion

Ziziphus Paliurus

Harvesting the brambled bushes

Disciples deliver Pilate's discipline

Coronation of Bethlehem's prince of piss

Dust to dust, wound into his skin

Ash to ash, spur to king

Dust to dust, wound to skin

Sanguine circlet sprung from within

As regal scars etch upon the crown

The blood of Christ taken freely

Sacred spirit drenched infertile ground