Altar To The Unknown God Lyrics - As The World Bleeds - Theocracy

Build a fire and fan the flame 

Sacrifice without a name 

Offerings on the altar to the unknown god 

Multitudes of gods cover our landscapes and our lives 

Images of deities and halls of sacrifice 

Philosophers and scholars and sophisticates we are 

Our gods are our religion and religion is our god 

A stranger came to town one day 

And fearlessly proclaimed 

"The unknown god you worship 

On this altar has a name" 

He said, "This god is not an image 

Or a statue of the dead 

In Him we live and have our being 

As your own poets have said" 

Build a fire and fan the flame 

Sacrifice without a name 

Offerings on the altar to the unknown god 

Dance around the altar blaze 

Brings the works your hands have made 

Place them on the altar to the unknown god 

He dwells not in temples 

Built by human hands 

He needs no assistance 

Or service of man 

The nameless you worship 

Is greater than all 

Your idols of death 

Never answer your call 

All nations He formed 

From the flesh of one man 

He marked out their times 

And the boundaries of lands 

Your life and your breath 

He bestows with the day 

So seek Him and find Him 

For He is not far away 

Fire upon the altar 

Burns the sacrifice 

Sacrificial lamb was slain to pay the final price 

Come, ye heavy laden 

Sinner's mercy cry 

The unknown God your call upon is nigh 

Gather 'round the altar 

Stoke the holy fire 

Purifying flames of righteousness 

Are rising higher 

Come ye hungry, eat the bread of life 

And drink the wine 

Altar to the living God divine 

Solo: Val 

No image of stone or of silver and gold 

No effigy mankind has raised to behold 

The day and the hour of judgment is set 

He's proven Him by the resurrection of the dead 

Build a fire and fan the flame 

Sacrifice without a name 

Offerings on the altar to the unknown god 

Stand before the altar blaze 

Bring the lives His hands have made 

Place them on the altar to the one true god 

Your unknown god 

Is the one living God