Libitina Smile Of The Martyr

And so Ill keep the smile of the martyr



Held back for you



To shut you out of mind



Hiding behind this grinning facade



The skeleton smile of my former joy



You wont find out how much I feel the hurt



That tightens around me and pulls me down



The feelings that serve to remind me that



I cannot afford to trust you again







The smile of the martyr will shut you out



There can be no share of the pain for you



The smile of the martyr will shut you out



You cut the umbilical



Now suffer the child







Ill wear a crown of thorns upon my head



Raise the unholy cross I have to bear



My hands free of scars



Ill hang by the nails



That youve nailed into my vibrant heart



Sold for whatever profit you may seek



A sacrifice I did not want to make



Unlike Him I cannot walk away



From this, my Garden of Gethsemane







The smile of the martyr will shut you out



There can be no share of the pain for you



The smile of the martyr will shut you out



You cut the umbilical



Now suffer the child







Ill suffer the lash of the mental whip



And the cruel rack of stretching hours alone



All done in silence



You wont hear me scream



I cant let you see the damage done to me



Ill close my gouged eyes to your temptation



Hide within myself



Thoughts of nights past



This martyrs smile tells more than you can know



Of the pain and pleasure youve put me through
[ Smile Of The Martyr Lyrics ]