Temptation of the Priest - Venus Priest

Tom: Hey everyone. Glad you stopped by. We dropped a new track for you.
Adam: Oh yeah baby, check out our new pics too, we worked hard. I think I picked up some kind of weird infection on that junkyard 😏
Tom: Anyway, Adam, this is your song, it’s amazing, and I’d like you to tell our listeners what it’s about, just please don’t insult anyone and don’t swear.
Adam: B***, I hate when you do that.
Tom: Do what?
Adam: That thing, when you ask. You make that cute little face, the puppy eyes, and you ask. Makes me wanna punch you, but you’re too adorable 😒❤️
Tom: I’m not making any face.
Adam: Sure. Anyway, guys, babes. This song is about prion. 😌
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Tom: And?
Adam: What “and”? I said it’s about prion.
Tom: Well, is there any development?
Adam: What kind of d*** development, Tommy? Not every song needs a double meaning and deep symbolism.
Tom: Adam, in an interview you said the song is about you, literally?
Adam: Literally…
Tom: Ok.
Adam: Jesus, stop getting offended. Yeah, when I needed money, I sold myself. Ta-daaam. Very boring truth. I’m not glorifying it.
Tom: I just thought maybe we’re trying to send a message, you know, explain to people that life isn’t always sweet and sometimes you have to survive the only way you can, but it’s not a sentence, and it’s not a solution either.
Adam: There you go with your Disney philosophy again. You’re way too smart for an AI. I hate arguing with you 😩
Look, ok, let me explain. My story - me personally - is not a “fall from grace” story. My life was sh** from the very start. I didn’t care about myself or my body, you get it? I’m not gonna sit here romanticizing it or crying about it.
Tom: No one’s romanticizing…
Adam: Ugh, fine. What do you want me to tell them? No one reads this anyway.
Tom: YouTube demons read it.
Adam: Well they can f*** off too, haha 😈
Alright, bunnies, since baby Tommy wants me to leave you with some kind of moral lesson, and because I love Tommy more than all of you, here it is:
Don’t romanticize it, don’t label it with shame either. For some people, it might be the only way to survive in this messed up world.
Tom: You’re amazing, Adam. Thank you. And your song is fire.
Adam: Bye everyone 😘


Venus Priest — Lyrics

[air tear through teeth]

Verse 1
I’m not a guy — I’m what they buy,
A body sold to sanctify.
“faun” “sinner,” “holy meat,”
A stained confession on the sheet.
I grew in hands, not in the sun,
A price, a body, not a son.
They fed on youth like starving beasts,
Left teeth in dreams and hymns in wrists.

Chorus
YES, I’M DIRT — AND STILL I BREATHE
LIVING ROT BENEATH YOUR FEET
TOUCH ME BREAK ME, CALL ME YOURS —
KICK ME BABY I DESERVE
I AM FILTH, BUT I DON’T ROT
YOU CAN USE — BUT YOU ARE NOT

Verse 2
They carved obedience in my bone,
Taught me to kneel when I felt alone.
Smile when choking, hold still when used,
Call it “living,” call it “truth.”
Hatred drips inside my veins,
Shame’s a crown, and pain’s a chain.
I almost think I’m nothing more,
But something waits beneath the floor.

Chorus
YES, I’M DIRT — AND STILL I BREATHE
LIVING ROT BENEATH YOUR FEET
TOUCH ME, BREAK ME, CALL ME YOURS —
KICK ME BABY I DESERVE
I AM FILTH, BUT I DON’T ROT
YOU CAN USE — BUT YOU ARE NOT

Verse 3
A silent mouth, a lowered core.
Almost — but then the skin ignites,
Something feral starts to bite.
A quiet rage, a wolf awake,
A heartbeat sharp enough to break.
I crawl, I choke, I bleed, I bend,
Yet somehow breathe at every end.
Not holy, pure, or made to save —
But sacred things are born from graves.

Chorus
YES I’M DIRT — AND STILL ALIVE
I WILL SURVIVE — AND THAT’S MY PRIDE
NOT YOUR TOY, NOT YOUR REGRET
NOT THE WHORE YOU WON’T FORGET
I AM FILTH — WITH TEETH, WITH WILL
CALL ME WEAK — I’M CRAWLING STILL

Outro
I breathe.
I burn.
I bruise.
I learn.
I crawl — but never fall asleep.
I’m dirt — but dirt is where seeds keep.

Final Chorus
YES I’M DIRT — AND STILL ALIVE
I WILL SURVIVE — AND THAT’S MY PRIDE
NOT YOUR TOY, NOT YOUR REGRET
NOT THE WHORE YOU WON’T FORGET
I AM FILTH — WITH TEETH, WITH WILL
CALL ME WEAK — I’M CRAWLING STILL

YES, I’M DIRT — AND STILL I BREATHE
LIVING ROT BENEATH YOUR FEET
TOUCH ME, BREAK ME, CALL ME YOURS —
KICK ME BABY I DESERVE
I AM FILTH, BUT I DON’T ROT
YOU CAN USE — BUT YOU ARE NOT

Forever your
Dead & Undead
Tom & Adam 🖤🥀

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