Alexander Anderson

How does a bastard, orphan

Son of a whore and a Scotsman

Dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot

In an Italian village without a roof for sleeping under

Grow up to be a deadly demon hunter?

The Paladin Catholic father without a father

Got a lot farther by working a lot harder

By being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter at 14

Who knew he was gonna become a martyr?

And so he got a job with the mob smugglin' heroin

But soon the law was hot on his trail, pursuit was narrowin'

So he disguised himself as a priest and a Samaritan

And felt the urge to be much more than a barbarian

Then a vampire came, and devastation reigned

Our man saw the monster sucking blood from people's veins

So he took a holy blade and he stabbed it in the brain

And the vampire was slain, and the incidence lit its flame

Well, the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man"

Took up a collection just to send him to the Vatican

"Get your ordination, don't forget from whence, you came"

And the world's gonna know your name

What's your name, man?

Alexander Anderson

My name is Alexander Anderson

And I like killing things because it's fun

So just you pray, just you pray

And that was how he found a home, back in Rome, joined Escariot

Trained him how to fight and defend the Proletariat

Paired him with a deadly sidekick, a Kraut chick

Injected him with nanobots, so now he heals quick

Protestants and heathens are something that he could not abide

Killin' 'em filled him right up with pride, something new inside

A voice saying, "Alex, you gotta humble yourself"

He started retreatin' and readin' every bible on the shelf

There woulda been nothing left to do for someone less astute

He woulda been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution

Started writin', fightin' for the church and the good Lord

Killing ghouls and zombie fools and all of Satan's demon horde

Slayin' ev'ry undead freak he could get his hands on

Prayin' God would keep him meek as he lands on

The green earth of the em'rald island

Escariot's sending him off to Ireland

Alexander Anderson (Alexander Anderson)

Jesus is the only king for you (is the only king for you)

You could never back, you took your own death in stride

Oh, Alexander Anderson (Alexander Anderson)

When the Seraphim sing for you

Will they open the pearly gate?

Will they know you embraced your fate?

The world will never be the same, oh

He should've gotten more in life than

What his Savior brought him (just you pray)

A life of piety, and this is what it got him? (Just you pray)

To sacrifice his personhood is what the Church had taught him

We fought with him

Me? I died to him

Me? I hated him

Me? I loved him

And me? Well, I'm the vampire that shot him

I like killing things because it's fun

So just you pray

What's your name, man?

Alexander Anderson!