On the riverbank, she stood there motionless And looked at her, malicious devilish The queen of gloat, her beauty she won't mourn Dissident, she stood there sacrosanct A spouse of Christ, saint untouchable And she despised the brightness of her mind A jig of misery, the ballad of the fallen A sad sad song, untuned and lorn Blown out by the wind For all the harm you've done Now penance has begun Betrayers, deceivers Rats and unbelievers I stare into their eyes Fragments before she died Just craving for some help Throes of atonement A rivalry, adolescent jealousy Burning deep, reducing in cinder and flames The beliefs of a childhood's tale An unclean creature, Chimera of the Old One Preacher, impure and servant of heathenry She deserves her destiny, oh A jig of misery, the ballad of the fallen A sad sad song, untuned and lorn Blown out by the wind For all the harm you've done Now penance has begun Betrayers, deceivers Rats and unbelievers I stare into their eyes Fragments before she died Just craving for some help Throes of atonement For all the harm you've done Now penance has begun Betrayers, deceivers Rats and unbelievers I stare into their eyes (Into their eyes) Fragments before she died (Before she died) Just craving for some help Throes of atonement