The Altar/Mary lyrics

[Part I: The Altar]

[Intro: Shane Told]
I'm feeling ready

[Verse 1: Shane Told]
Born into a cage that leads
Directly to the slaughter
Ritual sacrifice at the altar of
The altar of the f*cking dollar
The machine needs blood
The show must go on
Can't have the upper class
If there's no one underneath them
Sawing through the top rungs before selling you
A chance to climb the corporate ladder

[Verse 2: Shane Told]
At the base of the ivory tower
The bodies pile up
Lured you with a future but it won't exist
Shame you for a failure that thеy won't admit
Somebody has to die as a warning to the rеst
Shut up and get in line, take what you can get

[Verse 3: Paul Marc Rousseau]
Oh lord
I wish that I could quit
But the idol in the middle
Tends to rule with a fist
I'm not blind
But my hands are tied
I'll tint my lenses rose
I'm handing people hope
They'd rather make ends meet
Than meet their maker with a rope, right?
I'm not Satan, just a friend
So I might pay my penance
When I get my dividend
[Outro: Shane Told]
Somebody has to die
Somebody has to die
Somebody has to die
Somebody has to die
Somebody has to die
Die

[Part II: Mary]

[Verse: Shane Told]
I say I'm okay but I've got a ways to go
Both ends of the candle burn the rope
So talk to me, talk to me, I've got it bad
Forgot what I needed, lost what I had
Mary, I feel the devil in this room tonight
I'm fading, I'm a sinner and I can't stop now
Unless I hold my breath long enough to see God
Somebody wake me up
'Cause I'd rather be anywhere else
And if I don't come back
You could be my epitaph
I could live in painted glass
Just like you (Just like you)