"Cruelty Incarnate" lyrics

There's a story of a moment in time, many an aeon ago
A brutal ruler existed, in times of medieval
He was king ago old country, many within

Feared - by all those who dwelled in this kingdom - all!
Many of them peasants - poor!
Servants to a tyrant - slaves!

Born for his use...

Between the rich huge divide
Lords and lawmen and their wives
They live their lives in comfort
But like the peasants they fear
The... king!

For each day they thank god they're alive as they wake
And they pray each and every night - that morning comes

For the king likes to abduct each night
Two people for, morbid fun

He ties them up and takes them to his home - the castle
Once he gets there, he takes them down
Into the torture room

He screams with joy as he puts them instantly into contraptions
The male is nailed to a wall, and his legs are placed in acid
As his legs are eaten the female is devoured by rodents
Alive!... the pain... so extreme

The king he throws back his head
He's so glad neither are dead
Removes the half man from the wall
Rips out the nails lets him fall

Takes the rats from the woman's mangled figure
Then douses her body with kerosene
Strikes, a flint, creating a spark which ignites her
And she's screaming to his delight

As she screams he slits the man's throat increasing his excitement
His mouth commands his people but
His pleasures shall rule their... lives