Their pious iconography, seductive and sublime
A iconografia religiosa deles, sedutora e sublime
artifacts from allegoric myth
Artefatos do mito alegórico
crucifix, testaments-seemingly benign
crucifixo, testamentos - aparentemente afável
What havoc have they wrought upon this earth
Que destruição eles forjaram sobre esse mundo?
Stalking, these jackals never cease
Que destruição eles forjaram sobre esse mundo?
Stalking, these jackals never cease
Perseguindo, esses lacaios nunca cessam
Clawing at our gates
Clawing at our gates
Agarrando-se às nossas portas
With nebulous beliefs, apocryphal
With nebulous beliefs, apocryphal
com crenças nebulosas, apócrifas
Born from the callow minds of men
Born from the callow minds of men
Nascido das mentes inexperientes dos homens
Not resting till they have theocracy in hand
Not resting till they have theocracy in hand
Nunca descansando até eles terem a teocracia nas mãos
And Church molesting State
e a Igreja molestando o Estado
And Church molesting State
e a Igreja molestando o Estado
Their laughable liturgies
As liturgias ridículas deles
Intelligent design?
Intelligent design?
Design inteligente?
Mortify the blind faithful flock
Mortify the blind faithful flock
Flagelam o fervoroso rebanho cego
Comedies canonical, this spectacle divine
Comedies canonical, this spectacle divine
Comédias aprovadas, esse espetáculo divino
Mesmerizing millions over naught
Mesmerizing millions over naught
Hipnotizando milhões sobre nada
Slowly, they pander their disease
Slowly, they pander their disease
Vagarosamente, eles alcovitam a doença deles
With secrecy enshrined
With secrecy enshrined
Com sigilo consagrado
At the table of deceit, the faithful dine
At the table of deceit, the faithful dine
Na mesa do engano, o jantar fervoroso
Born from the callow minds of men
Born from the callow minds of men
Nascido das mentes inexperientes dos homens
Not resting till they have theocracy in hand
Not resting till they have theocracy in hand
Nunca descansando até eles terem a teocracia nas mãos
And Church molesting State
e a Igreja molestando o Estado
To break the secular conduct
And Church molesting State
e a Igreja molestando o Estado
To break the secular conduct
Para quebrar a conduta secular
To rule with piety perverse
To rule with piety perverse
Para comandar com perversa piedade
While the shit of the State fucking reeks
While the shit of the State fucking reeks
Enquanto a merda do Estado fede pra caralho
Only they could make it even worse
Only they could make it even worse
Apenas eles poderiam fazer isso ainda pior
Yet they stand in fear,
Yet they stand in fear,
No entanto, eles estão com medo,
Petrified in the face of science,
Petrified in the face of science,
Petrificados na cara da Ciência,
Where evidence stands to contradict,
Where evidence stands to contradict,
Onde a evidência está lá para contradizer,
And deny their faith of servility
And deny their faith of servility
e negar a fé deles de servilismo
Defined, by myth
Defined, by myth
Definida, pelo mito
It's a fable that should never burden man
It's a fable that should never burden man
É uma fantasia que nunca deveria ter oprimido o homem
And the church, with power replete,
And the church, with power replete,
E a Igreja, repleta de poder,
Would sanction the very rule of myth over man
Would sanction the very rule of myth over man
deveria sancionar a própria regra do mito sobre o homem
As insidious agents of faith,
As insidious agents of faith,
Enquanto os agentes traiçoeiros da fé,
Still lost in the ether (Amen)
Still lost in the ether (Amen)
continuam perdidos no éter (Amém)
So we sing the agnostic's song
So we sing the agnostic's song
Então vamos cantar a canção agnóstica
In spirit and mind we govern ourselves
In spirit and mind we govern ourselves
Em espírito e mente nós nos governamos
We need not their catechist codes
We need not their catechist codes
Nós não precisamos dos códigos catequistas deles
To live out our days, and make our tomorrows
To live out our days, and make our tomorrows
para viver nossos "hojes", e fazer nossos "amanhãs".
