Believe, when you lie
You will never need to recognize yourself
To deceive
To remove all chance of doubt and be received
With your lie
And deception is complete when you concede
And decide
To reject your lives, sacrificed to me
Penance can?t absolve your sin
Into me
Penance can?t absolve your sin
All your belief
Cannot absolve your sin
All your belief
Cannot absolve your sin
Believe, when you lie
You will never need to recognize the source
Of deceit
To renew your faith in God
You must believe, in your lie
The redemption is complete and you conceive
And decline
To release your lives
Sacrificed to me
Penance can?t absolve your sin
Into me
Penance can?t absolve your sin
All your belief
Cannot absolve your sin
All your belief
Cannot absolve your sin
Reap your life like you want to
Recognize all you?ve come to
Reap your life like you want to
Recognize all you?ve come to
Reap your life, veiled in shadow
Recognize faces of the crucified
I can hear their screams tonight
Ever haunting me
Burn your lie into me
Penance can?t absolve your sin
Into me
Penance can?t absolve your sin
All your belief
Cannot absolve your sin
All your belief
Cannot absolve your sin
I don't want your believe
Cannot absolve your sin
I don't want your believe
Cannot absolve your sin
We cannot earn forgiveness. "We are saved by grace through faith and that not of ourselves, it is the free gift of God (Jesus). Not of works or a man would have a place to brag". There is no bragging when we stand before God. We have ALL sinned except for God. He forgives us because He loves us. Not because we did something to earn it. All we have to do is ask. Pennance is something a person can "do" after they've sinned that does NOT earn forgiveness. A person has to humbly ask Jesus for forgiveness. Remember pennance and repentance are two different things. Repent simply means turn away from our selfish sins and return to God. Does a person forgive their children because they earned it? No. Because they love them? Yes. If a man can love like that, imagine how much more God loves us. Just ask.