Guilty as Sin - Stiff Little Fingers

Whispered secrets in cloistered halls

Oaths of silence observed

Silent witnesses stare from the walls

Never saying a word

Years of suffering, torment and pain

Etched on faces of stone

Age of innocence, paradise lost

Never to be regained

Only heartbreak remains

Oh my, look at the lies as they fall from your mouth

I’m surprised they don’t stain you

And how do you justify them?

The blood on your hands marks you guilty as sin

And the circumstances excludes all doubt

Send their children along

Safe, secure in the arms of the one

Who will do them no harm

Who will do them no wrong

Oh my, look at the lies as they fall from your mouth

I’m surprised they don’t stain you

And how do you justify them?

The blood on your hands marks you guilty as sin

And the truth remains hidden for years

Shame and fear do their job

Lives in ruins but your standing remains

Until someone stands up

Now the victims have lifted the lid

And what was darkness is light

Suffer little children and by Christ they did

So long out of sight

Going out of their mind.

Oh my, look at the lies as they fall from your mouth

I’m surprised they don’t stain you

And how do you justify them?

The blood on your hands marks you guilty as sin

Oh my, look at the lies as they fall from your mouth

I’m surprised they don’t stain you

And how do you justify them?

The blood on your hands marks you guilty as sin