Velvet Tongue Lyrics - Virgin Black

A thousand tears, a thousand eyes 

My friends and I, we cry 

Religion has raped us 

Forever we rehearse the song 

That strips our throats to blood 

We bare our souls in transparency 

But our velvet tongues will never please their ears 

But are you holding on? 

I'm holding on 

Look at us dying 

A field of human crucifixes, weathered and fading 

Heaven hears nothing as the priests are wailing 

And they're crushing our souls 

We feel our lives 

Sifting through our hands 

But we're holding on 

Look at my face 

Look at God in my eyes 

We stand