IN A.D. 70 WE TOOK A LITTLE HILL
ALONG WITH ELEAZAR
BY OUR CUNNING & OUR SKILL

WE WAITED AT MASADA
FOR THE ROMANS TO ATTACK
UPON THAT ROCKY PLATEAU
WHEN JERUSALEM WAS SACKED
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WE'D MASSACRED SEVEN-HUNDRED
OF OUR PEOPLE
ALONG WITH MANY ROMANS
AND JONATHAN THE PRIEST

WE SPARED NO SOULS IN OUR
CAMPAIGN OF TERROR
WE SPILLED THEIR BLOOD & BOWELS
FROM THE GREATEST TO THE LEAST
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WELL WE TOOK OUR WIVES & CHILDREN
AND OUR ASSASSINS' KNIVES
THERE WAS LOTSA FOOD & WATER;
AND PLENTY OF SUPPLIES

WE CRIED OUT TO "MESSIAH"
BUT NO "MESSIAH" DID WE SEE
JUST THE VAST JUDEAN DESERT
OVERLOOKING THE DEAD SEA

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WELL IN A.D. 72 THE ROMANS PITCHED A CAMP
LED BY GENERAL LUCIUS SILVA
AND THEN THEY BUILT A RAMP

IT TOOK 'EM SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE
THEY FIN'LLY REACHED TH'DOOR
BUT WHEN THEY GOT 'ER OPEN
ALL THEY FOUND WAS BLOOD & GORE
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WE'D KILLED OUR WIVES, AND
WE'D ALSO KILLED OUR CHILDREN
WE'D KILLED ONE ANOTHER 'TIL
THE LAST ONE TOOK HIS LIFE

WE'D KILLED OUR MESSIAH, &
WE WERE UNREPENTANT
OUR CONSCIENCES WERE FILTHY, &
OUR HEARTS WERE FULL OF STRIFE
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* YEAH WE CLOTHED OURSELVES WITH CURSES
* LIKE A GARMENT
* LIKE WATER IN OUR BOWELS
* AND OIL IN OUR BONES

* WE WORE OUR SHAME & COWERED
* LIKE A VARMINT
* OUR PRAYERS BECAME OUR SIN &
* GOD WOULDN'T HEAR OUR GROANS

WELL IN 1948, WE TOOK A LITTLE HILL
AFTER THE BRITISH MANDATE
BY OUR CUNNING & OUR SKILL

WE DESCENDED ON THE NATIVES
FROM THE NORTH & FROM THE WEST
WE THOUGHT THAT WE'D POSSESS THE LAND
('TWAS WE WHO WERE POSSESSED)
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WE MASSACRED 
SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE
AND WE CRUCIFIED 
THE LAND OF PALESTINE

WE'LL KILL & DIE
ON THIS, OUR NEW MASADA
IF WE TAKE THE WHOLE WORLD WITH US
WELL, THAT'LL BE JUST FINE

* YEAH WE CLOTHED OURSELVES WITH CURSES
* LIKE A GARMENT
* LIKE WATER IN OUR BOWELS
* AND OIL IN OUR BONES

* WE WORE OUR SHAME & COWERED
* LIKE A VARMINT
* OUR PRAYERS BECAME OUR SIN &
* GOD WOULDN'T HEAR OUR GROANS