Diabolical Edict Lyrics

Gathered here to witness
Grandier's sickness
charged with unholy possession
object of Ursuline obsession

Using black magic
to pollute their minds
seduction and lust
must be discussed

Extraordinary questions will be asked
heat applied to the calves
documents signed and sealed
his true intentions are revealed

Laid on a wooden frame
legs & planks bound together

Two boards placed inside & outside
wedges positioned near Grandier's knees

Swinging the mallet striking the first wedge, the leg shatters
Streaming blood spilling freely from the rupture
four wedges driven with demands to confess

"So the end came about when the victim confessed, as they always did"

Refusing to plead priests seize
the tools & drive the final wedges
legs reduced to pulp
marrow flows from the wounds

Father, writhing, faints from excruciating agony
once recovered work begins anew
executioner displays more as a warning

It was Leviathan, Astaroth & you
guilty of sorcery & evil spells
condemned & taken to Sainte-Croix