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They nailed me to the cross
Next to Jesus Christ
A man climbed up to me
And stared into my glaring eyes
"You'll end up on this cross
And I will have much fun!"
I spat him in his fucking face
And stared up to the sun
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
My eyes began to burn
Drying in the heat
When suddenly an angel came
And stroked my body
From head to feet
She pulled the nails
Out of the cross
And caught me as I fell
She held my bruised and bloody hands
But it was too late
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
They carried me to my vault
Followed by an angel weeping
They laid me down in a hole
Where I would be forever sleeping
The last thing that I thought I saw
Were pale blue eyes filled with pain
The branch that stuck deep in her heart
Drowned the world in a crimson stain
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
Next to Jesus Christ
A man climbed up to me
And stared into my glaring eyes
"You'll end up on this cross
And I will have much fun!"
I spat him in his fucking face
And stared up to the sun
But my spirit will take revenge
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
Drying in the heat
When suddenly an angel came
And stroked my body
From head to feet
She pulled the nails
Out of the cross
And caught me as I fell
She held my bruised and bloody hands
But it was too late
But my spirit will take revenge
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
Followed by an angel weeping
They laid me down in a hole
Where I would be forever sleeping
The last thing that I thought I saw
Were pale blue eyes filled with pain
The branch that stuck deep in her heart
Drowned the world in a crimson stain
But my spirit will take revenge
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
My mad life was punished
But my spirit will take revenge
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“Jesus’ Tears” is about punishment, abandonment, and the refusal to accept redemption. The narrator imagines himself nailed to a cross beside Christ, but unlike the biblical figure of forgiveness, he spits in the face of his tormentor and vows revenge.
The song juxtaposes sacred and profane: an angel appears, but too late to save him; tears fall, but they drown the world in blood. The refrain — “My mad life was punished / But my spirit will take revenge” — becomes a mantra of defiance, rejecting salvation in favor of vengeance.
The track reflects the album’s existentialist and Beckett‑inspired themes: life as absurd torment, death as inevitable, and the human spirit oscillating between despair and rebellion.
Track #7 from the album “The Scapegoat’s Agony”:
In his delirious state of madness, the unnamed antihero suffers through a Christ-like crucifixion, vowing to avenge himself on those he deems responsible for his suffering.