Burn it down, burn it down Free all those servants From the chains of corruption Shatter their altars to dust Let the fire cleanse I baptize you with water for repentance, But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, Whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand And he will clear his trashing floor. Gathering his weed into the barn And burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Burn it down, burn it down Free this world from this disease Burn it down, burn it down Drown their adherent in disbelief Burn it down, burn it down Free your mind from fear and grief Burn it down, burn it down A functional society we retrieve In the fire of justice it shall burn Cauterize the gaping wound Fill it up with free eagerness From the ashes we'll start to create Rotten stench of thousand years Burn them to dust Poisonous wounds that filled our ears Burn them to dust Letters that raped our soul and mind Burn them to dust The hostage of the humankind Burn them to dust Burn it down, burn it down Free this world from this disease Burn it down, burn it down Drown their adherent in disbelief Burn it down, burn it down Free your mind from fear and grief Burn it down, burn it down A functional society we retrieve