Cryptopsy - Cleansing The Hosts lyrics

Led to the family by the Lord I had no choice but to overtake The Mother's role But that little one was always testing me Allowing others to question my authority She was guiding them towards a life of sin I decided she could burn if she wanted to But I wasn't going to let her take the others with her I have removed the presence of evil twice before My own blood impure Was simply unacceptable a soft pillow sufficed To smother little ones before the demons Had their chance to escape But this one was different I have never seen the devil Put up such a fight We had tried to vanquish it Once before But sadly the host-body gave out And set the parasite Back on its course It kept quiet for a few weeks after that And she seemed calmer and more obedient But as with all sicknesses Subtle hints of the disease Snuck up and reappeared Before long she was back to her old ways So we reinstated the hot iron and rod But our late nights educating and reformatting Were once again interrupted But from this there was no return Comatose in her bed Before the presence finally left A child died as two more grew within me Her Father and I were arrested on the church steps As we emerge with our fellow mourners We have been paraded through the media ever since But our silent ploy has been kept forever a secret Since it left this world with us when we ascended