"Genocide"
Sung to "Sanctified" by Nine Inch Nails

From Church and State: Fractured
"Rock the Earth" Music Campaign for the Environment

"Genocide"

Before Eve was made to stand by Adam’s side
There was Lilith who refused to be his bride
Brought up equally with knowledge of the earth
Of life and death and cycles of rebirth

But then Satan made a serpent out of her
To pour God’s wrath upon the daughters of the earth
Raging genocide against the goddess tribes
Who were sacrificed before Christ

Once Eve and Adam fell from heaven’s grace
Heads of church and state arose to take their place
Passing laws from fathers to their oldest sons
To control their wives and property as one

While the antichrist draws power by the sword 
False prophets sanction violence by God’s word
From the matriarchs to the patriarchs
Bearing sacred scars from “holy wars”

It took Jesus Christ descending into hell
To dispel the myths concealing God’s true will 
Healing wounds to raise the dead and bring new life 
Until no more blood is shed or sacrificed

How long can we 
Covet land and colonize the poor 
While children are 
Sold or worked to death on sweatshop floors 

Modern genocide of the weaker tribes 
We still sacrifice after Christ 
Falsely justified in the name of Christ 
Who was crucified to end this strife 

How long can we 
Condemn the common poor 
And leave the meek 
To hang at heaven’s door 

Like the genocide of the native tribes 
Who were sacrificed after Christ 
Falsely justified in the name of Christ 
Who was crucified to end all strife?

-- Easter Sabbath 2006