In the days of yore when man
did not yet have a soul,
I have made a God what God
had made an animal.

Taught you that to suffer's to be free
Please me now.
Handed you the will to be like me,
Free me now.

And for this evil deed, beneath
Your feet I live today.
I will spread my wings and fly
Away.

Complain to God in Heaven we
Can't beat the priest to death.
When Adam delved and Eve she span,
where was the nobleman.

I would rather be a king in hell
Than heaven's slave.
In the lowest deep's a lower deep,
That's where I'm safe.

The Ballad of Lucifer

PAEAN