Stone by stone we build a grand deceit Where gold and silver crush the weary feet From the Nile's edge to the cathedral spire The flesh of man is fuel for the fire A crown of iron on a brow of clay A mortal king who keeps the light at bay They call themselves the Sun, the stars, the sky While millions in their holy shadows die Anointed kings with hands stained in red By the ghosts of the millions they have led Through the desert heat and the winter snow The seeds of hate are all they sow Marching for a name that was never heard Burning the world for a hollow word The desert screams, the altar starts to bleed A God is hungry for the dragon's greed Medievil, where the sacred turns to vile A throne of hell built in a holy aisle Medievil, gods of dust and bone A kingdom carved in blood and stone Divine crusader, mortal sin The devil wears the Pharaoh's skin The pyramids reflect the gothic cross A thousand years of gain, an age of loss In the shadow of the sphinx, the martyrs cry As the vultures circle in the blackened sky No salvation in the scepter's reach Just the lies the false messiahs preach Power, is a poison in the vein Heaven, is a kingdom built on pain Medievil, where the sacred turns to vile A throne of hell built in a holy aisle Medievil, gods of dust and bone A kingdom carved in blood and stone Divine crusader, mortal sin The devil wears the Pharaoh's skin The man is the monster The God is a liar Medievil