Suttee - Defeated Sanity

Bound to the lifeless body of her deceased spouse

Firstborn lits the flame to burn both the living and the dead

Made responsible for husbands undoing

Failure to protect from harm seals her fate

Twisted celebration

Unity in death

Worthless as a widow, now begins the

Coerced sacrifice

And a cloud of human smoke

Engulfs the congregation

And you watch in horror

As her body becomes a blistered mess

Family tree uprooted

All within a few days

For loyalty and prestige

Tradition is carried out

Morbid chants, deeply drenched in dogma

As they claim, her absolute devotion

Sacred shrines, to be built in her honor

Won’t alleviate the torment as she burns

Horrifying screams, from her melting face

Terror fused with grief, a world crashing down

Shock carves your psyche, tears will soon dry

Religion will brainwash, to perpetuate the sickness