VII Gates - Children of the Corn lyrics

Everything is so quiet Deserted for years The houses are tattered There's trash in the streets Somewhere there is a sound The laugh of playing children And there, among the ruins Through a gate to their sacred hall Stands a statue that is distorted A green eyed Christ, nailed to a wall Smilin' with an evil grin His head starts to spin So dark and ominous The children laughs with him The children of the corn They are from all directions, see them come Grinning youth, like evil little dolls Children armed with sticks and stones Bringing the infidels to his throne In procession they carry them away Laughing while they're march­ing In a common prayer There, among the ruins Through the gate to their sacred hall Stands a statue that is distorted A green eyed Christ, nailed to a wall So dark and ominous The children laughs with him Let them be sacrificed To him who reigns in the corn The devil's prophet speaks in the night I had a dream, and he hears the sobs and the sighs They all feil down on their knees and prayed For all the souls that he will take away Let the doubts in your hearts be washed away Because this sacrifice is the holy way Let them be sacrifieced Everything is so quiet deserted for years The houses are tattered, there's trash in the streets From allf' directions, see them come Grinning youth, here they are Children armed with sticks and stones Bringing the inlidels to his throne In procession they carry them away Screaming The youth will save the world