Song of the Stranger

[Cass] My sweet child, have a seat I found you on the streets A broken man, abandoned and alone But I know just what you need Our kind are a different breed The penitent at home upon our knees We serve a patriarch of tender love and care Our silent saviour soft of skin and dark of hair Each and every one of us have set our pasts aflame Now hand in hand we praise his name You've spent your days seeking the divine Well I'd like to introduce you to a friend of mine Give your hand to him and leave the rest behind He built this kingdom out of ashes and the blood we spill is just to fill his glass For when he drinks we all will share The bliss You've spent a lifetime of agony Making unfair choices in a world of thieves To give your heart to him Is the only choice you need We built this church upon the ashes of the loyal dead And they will raise their glass In service to the one that calls us friend His love shall never end He looks deep into our eyes And sees right past the lies Into our twisted souls And our repressed desires He washes clean our sins and takes us in his arms And although you might be scared Our stranger wouldn't dare To keep you here with force, no The choice is always yours But once you've had a taste of his embrace You won't resist his charm [Solo: Ahmed] Now that you've heard our piece Tasted his love so sweet The time has come to fall upon your knees We all prostrate ourselves and offer up our throats Our silent saviour on his own won't make a note But when we congregate in prayer for his strings They coil around our necks and through our voice he sings You've spent your days seeking the divine Well I'd be happy to say that you're a friend of mine Just hand the reins to me and leave all doubts behind I built this kingdom of the loyal and the lives you take will be to share the spoils For when I drink we all will have our fill Sing, my children! [Cass and Ahmed] You've spent a lifetime of misery (We've spent a lifetime of misery) Making unfair choices set for you by thieves (Making unfair choices set for us by thieves) Just give your heart to me (We give our heart to him) And I will see them bleed (And he will see them bleed) I built this church upon the ashes of the endless dead (He built this church upon the ashes of the endless dead) And they will raise their glass (And we will raise our glass) And sing a song of worship unto their (And sing a song of worship unto him) Beloved stranger