Distrust thy Teacher Lyrics

Leaving aside all unreal dreams
Consider this world as insincere
The hypocrite is always at prayer
Make this thy obsession dost thou suffer?
Transgression is wiser than prayer
There is no fear but fear itself
The wrath is revealed
Against all that hold the truth
Distrust thy teacher
Should death give you its secret?

Embrace reality by imagination
Have we not forgotten more than we shall ever learn?
Everything is true at some time
The will, the desire, the belief
Treat with the utmost contempt

O, fool!
Anathema does not exist
There is no death
You who stink like a butcher's
Slave!
All you know for certain — you suffer
Flattery is a dishonesty

Transgression is wiser than prayer
There is no fear but fear itself
The wrath is revealed against all that hold the truth
Distrust thy teacher
Should death give you its secret?

O sin, where is thy violence?
O love, where is thine incest?
O thought, where is thy courage?
O hope, where is thy faith