When any man hath an issue out of his flesh,
Because of his issue he is unclean
Every bed whereon he lieth is unclean
And everything whereon he sitteth, unclean.
And whosoever touches his bed shall be unclean,
And he that sitteth whereon he sat shall be unclean.
And he that touches the flesh of the unclean becomes unclean,
And he that be spat on by him unclean, becomes unclean.

Strong bulls of Bã'-shân do beset me round.
They gape upon me with their mouths,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.
But thou, O Lord, shall lapit them,
Thou shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction
Greedy and deceitful men shall be exposed as vermin
And their days as iniquity.

And whosoever touches anything under him shall be unclean.
And he that beareth any of those things shall be unclean.
And what saddle soever he rideth upon is unclean
And the vessel of earth that he touches, unclean.

Deliver me from mine enemies,
Defend me from them that rise up against me.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
And save me from, save me from bloody men.
For lo, they lie and wait for my soul:
The wicked are gathered against me;
Not for my transgression, not for my sin, O Lord.
They run and prepare themselves without my help, without my fault:
Awake to help me and behold.
Swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
But thou, O Lord, shall laugh at them.
The God of my mercy shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

And at evening let them make a noise like a dog,
and go around about the city.
Let them look up and down for meat, and
Grudge if they be not satisfied.
Break out the great teeth of the young lions,
Break out the great teeth of the
Young lions, and when they laugh at the trial of the innocent
Let them be cut and in pieces!

And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, he is unclean.
Every garment, every skin whereon is the seed, unclean.
And the woman with whom this man shall lie will be unclean.
And whoever touches her will be unclean.
This is the law of the plague,
To teach when it is clean and when unclean.

The Devil is an impotent man
He says it nice and plays himself off as the friend
He tries to make you uncertain
So your hands shake
And then he tells you you're insane
When you call him by his rightful name:
Impotent homophobe and coward!
So you will miss when you aim at this evil man
Who cannot get it up
Except
In the T. V. public operating room of another man's misfortune

And the priest shall look upon the plague.
For a rising and for a scab and for a bright spot.
And the priest shall shut up he that hath the plague.
He shall carry them forth to a place unclean.
He shall separate them in their uncleanness.
This is the law of the plague:
To teach when it is clean and when it is unclean.


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    It's my understanding that these lyrics are adapted from the Biblical book Leviticus. My very simple background knowledge is that her brother was gay, they were very close siblings, and then he got sick and died from AIDS. She was disgusted by the homophobia of the church and population at large. To me it sounds like pure, unbridled despair and rage.

    (There's a funny video on YouTube of her talking about how much of a homophobic Axl Rose was.)

    BitterLakeon September 13, 2022   Link

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