Last Inquisition

Puritanism. Forced to abide
Religious-motivated acts of terror
Animosity and fear arise

Suppression of those against the church
Organized acts of violence
Heretic hunts for financial gain
Gather to witness Auto-de-fé

Festive executions for all to behold
State of disillusionment unfold

Dominant Catholic force
Collective morality enforced
Mass deaths of religious intolerance
Burn the dissident followers

Heretics for punishment. Slaughtered
Scriptures to justify acts of horror
Torture-spurred confessions for proof
Iron maidens to generate the truth

Accused and stripped with brutal scrutiny
Marched in to their death
Thousands to witness this fate
Hundreds to be burned at the stake
An agreement of church and state
God's business has money to make

Rumours of witches and Hell drawing near
Lies and scapegoats for widespread fear
Supernatural myths to explain the unknown
Catholic leader laughs on his throne

A New world brand of hysteria
Decades of war and religious division
None survive the last inquisition