Across The Marshes Lyrics

The wretched beast before us cowers like a dog, The men light their torches to cut through the night and fog, The law is clear, his guilt assured he must suffer for his crimes against nature?s law Chorus: Drag the creature screaming across the marshes this night To gouge and tear, to avenge is our people?s sacred right Woe to those who would forget the debt we owe ourselves Woe to those who would lose sight of what is wrong and what is right Blind were we to mercy, blind were we to sympathy To let such a thing as this survive is nothing short of tyranny Those who step across the line shall not die like a man By stick and rope around the throat, turned by an elders hand Chorus A practice right and holy, a practice truly civilized When men are lower than animals, like an animal they should die When the men return to the hearth and look their families in the eye, They nod and return the smile, duty done all safer in their beds tonight Duty done all safer in their beds tonight Chorus