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# FAITH IN THE FIST

*(Nu Metal / Rap Metal / Alternative Rock)*

**[Intro - Spoken]**
You always need an enemy.
A monster.
A sinner.
A threat.

'Cause without somebody to hate,
what's left of your faith?

**[Verse 1]**
You preach from a pulpit built outta fear,
Sellin' salvation while the violence is near.
Need a new target every week, every day,
Someone different to condemn and throw away.

Cross in your hand, hatred in your veins,
Call it holy water while you're dancing in the flames.
Every headline's another chance to divide,
Every wounded human gets pushed to the side.

You don't want peace, you want somebody to blame,
Need another villain just to stay the same.
Need another culture war, another crusade,
Another reason for the frightened to obey.

**[Pre-Chorus]**
You call it devotion—
I call it control.
You call it conviction—
You sold your soul.

**[Chorus]**
Your faith's in the fist,
Not the words that you quote.
You worship power while you tighten the choke.
You need an enemy to feel alive,
A holy war just to justify.

You raise your hate like a battle flag,
Wrap it in scripture and proudly brag.
When cruelty becomes your sacred rite,
Don't call it faith—
Call it what it is.

**[Verse 2]**
You cheer when the sirens light up the street,
Celebrate pain like a righteous feat.
Somebody bleeding? Must deserve their fate.
Empathy dies when it's mixed with hate.

Democracy's sacred until people disagree,
Then suddenly freedom ain't freedom to me.
Rights for your side, chains for the rest,
Authoritarian dreams dressed up as blessed.

You speak of mercy while the suffering grows,
Turn your face away because everybody knows.
The hungry, the broken, the scared, the poor,
Don't fit the image that you're fighting for.

And every time another life gets crushed,
You call the silence virtue and hush.

**[Pre-Chorus]**
You call it morality—
I call it fear.
You call it righteousness—
The mask is clear.

**[Chorus]**
Your faith's in the fist,
Not the words that you quote.
You worship power while you tighten the choke.
You need an enemy to feel alive,
A holy war just to justify.

You raise your hate like a battle flag,
Wrap it in scripture and proudly brag.
When cruelty becomes your sacred rite,
Don't call it faith—
Call it what it is.

**[Bridge - Heavy Breakdown]**
No heaven in the hatred.
No holiness in pain.
No virtue in the damage
Done in your savior's name.

You built your altar from fear.
You built your kingdom from lies.
You called it destiny,
While humanity dies.

**[Rap Verse]**
Yeah—

History remembers every banner you wave,
Every cruel excuse, every coward you gave.
Every time you stood by and watched it unfold,
Every lie you repeated, every heart you sold.

You wanted obedience, never the truth,
Wanted blind allegiance from the old and the youth.
Wanted power disguised as divine decree,
But the mask keeps slipping and the world can see.

You can bury the evidence,
Rewrite the tale,
But every act of hate leaves a permanent trail.
The words that you shouted,
The harm you defend,
Have a way of surviving long after the end.

**[Final Chorus]**
Your faith's in the fist,
Not the words that you quote.
You worship power while you tighten the choke.
You need an enemy to feel alive,
A holy war just to justify.

You raise your hate like a battle flag,
Wrap it in scripture and proudly brag.
When cruelty becomes your sacred rite,
Don't call it faith—
Call it what it is.

**[Outro]**
You needed an enemy.

Without one,
you'd have to face yourselves.