[Verse 1]
Pretend prayer
Pretend care
Makes everything seem so fair
These perfect abattoirs
These perfect actors
These perfect abattoirs

[Chorus]
Only a god can bruise
Only a god can soothe
Only a god reserves the right
To forgive those that revile him

Only a god can bruise
Only a god can soothe
Only a god reserves the right
To forgive those that revile him

[Verse 2]
Oh, such love
Sweet stimulus
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All cuts unfocused
Stitches and wounds
Doctored divinity
So much love this blind affinity
[Chorus]
Only a god can bruise
Only a god can soothe
Only a god reserves the right
To forgive those that revile him

Only a god can bruise
Only a god can soothe
Only a god reserves the right
To forgive those that revile him

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Only a god can bruise
Only a god can soothe
Only a god reserves the right
To forgive those that revile him