Tear the roots up from the floor Board and tar against the door Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder! Sink the tooth into the wood Still the horses with a hood Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder! Raise the book and cast the oil Fingers in the father’s soil Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder be thy name, out, out Murder be thy name
When the lung fills up with straw (Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder!) Cut the wire from the jaw Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder! When the eye reflects the moon (Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder!) Hold the tongue down with a spoon Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder! When the throat spills in the bowl (Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder!) Pry the altar from the hole Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder be thy name, out, out Murder be thy name
I scratch the deed upon the nail (I scratch the deed upon the nail) And wring the dye into the pail (Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder!) I seal the fault upon the skin (I seal the fault upon the skin) And carry on our brothers’ sin (Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder!) I trace the blood upon the hoof (I trace the blood upon the hoof) And drag the chains to split the roof Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder be thy name, out, out Murder be thy name
If the spine begins to twist (Murder! Murder!) Bind the irons to the wrist (Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder!) If the gambrels spit and thrash (Murder! Murder!) Steel your feet into the ash (Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder!) If the mud should gape and moan (Murder! Murder!) Hold on to the slaughter stone Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder! Murder be thy name, out, out Murder be thy name
Murder be thy name, out, out Murder be thy name Murder be thy name, out, out Murder be thy name Murder be thy And let there be blood