Satan Prayer
Opus Eponymous
2010
Duration: 4:38
Track number: 6
Times played live: 300
Writers
Lyrics by: Tobias Forge
Music by: Tobias Forge
Theme
A direct theological counterpoint to the Nicene Creed, one of Christianity's defining statements of faith. Ghost's 'Satan Prayer' inverts sacred liturgy by presenting an alternative belief system centered on Satan rather than Christ. The lyrics parody the Jesus Prayer, transforming it into a declaration of allegiance to darkness. While Tobias Forge later admitted the track lacked finesse and reflected youthful provocation rather than mature theological critique, it remains an audacious statement of inverted spirituality that defined Ghost's early aesthetic.
Lyrics
Believe in one god do we
Satan almighty
The uncreator of heaven and soil
And the unvisable and the visable
And in his son
Begotten of father
By whom all things will be unmade
Who for man and his damnation
Incarnated
Rise up from hell
From sitteth on the left hand of his father
From thense he shall come to judge
Out of one substance
With Satan
Whose kingdom shall haveth no end
Hear our Satan prayer
Our anti nicene creed
Hear our Satan prayer
For the cuming of seed
Hear our Satan prayer
Our anti nicene creed
Hear our Satan prayer
For the cuming of seed
Unholy ghost
Overlord and taker of life
Hear our Satan prayer
Our anti nicene creed
Hear our Satan prayer
For the cuming of seed
Hear our Satan prayer
Our anti nicene creed
Hear our Satan prayer
For the cuming of seed
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