The Pardoner - Abhorrent Decimation

Deficient in body, depraved in soul

A sterile spirit with unholy goals

«O Lord, in churches when I preach

I deliver a scornful speech»

Christ’s holy work

«And after that I tell my tales

Of patriarchs and cardinals»

Stir them to devotion, pray for their sins

«Bring forth my crystal stones

Crammed full of cloth and fake vestige

As I confess… Radix malorum est cupiditas»

Wretched impure ghoul

Masquerading as trustworthy

Looks deceive, «I am The Pardoner

I will preach against the vice

Which that I use, o avarice

Fearing me

Now take heed and part with gold»

«I, depraved in soul

A sterile spirit with unholy goals

Posses a bone that heals dying animals, a miracle»

«And after that I tell my tales

Of patriarchs and cardinals»

Stir them to devotion, pray for their sins

Hold out my hands of faith

Pray for their sins

The wonders of the Holy Ghost

Sacrificing men, leaving widows in the village

«I, the wretched impure ghoul

Masquerading as trustworthy

Looks deceive, «I am The Pardoner

I will preach against the vice

Which that I use, o avarice

Fearing me, now take heed»

«Bring forth my crystal stones

I take from those without a coin

I preach and beg, I must have florins

Fine wine for me

Child starvation

Sons of sin, let them sleep

«Hearken and lord, to conclude

No pardon will save your soul»

«I am a fraud

I preach for nothing but covetise»

«My tale I will begin»