Flagellation or flogging is the act of methodically beating or whipping (Latin flagellum, "whip") the human body. Specialised implements for it include rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails and the sjambok. Typically, flogging is imposed on an unwilling subject as a punishment; however, it can also be submitted to willingly, or performed on oneself, in religious or sadomasochistic contexts.
In some circumstances the word "flogging" is used loosely to include any sort of corporal punishment, including birching and caning. However, in British legal terminology, a distinction was drawn (and still is, in one or two colonial territories) between "flogging" (with a cat-o'-nine-tails) and "whipping" (formerly with a whip, but since the early 19th century with a birch). In Britain these were both abolished in 1948.
Flogging was a common disciplinary measure in the British navy that became associated with a seaman's manly disregard for pain. Aboard ships, knittles or the cat o' nine tails was used for severe formal punishment, while a "rope's end" or "starter" was used to administer informal, on-the-spot discipline.
Pleasure in pain
Disire of mortification
To achieve the extreme
To know the ultimate
To be a slave for a moment
The body offered up to cruelty
To the lash which whips on the skin
Which slashes the flesh, lacerates the back
To feel the blood, thich and warm
Flow over my wounds
Flagellation ...
To thrust aside the limits
To say "yes" to death
Without fear, without remorse
To give up oneself to torture
Punishment and reward
The whip is ambiguous
It distills vice
In a perverse refinement
Plucked out my eyes but I still hold the force you can't contain,
Sucked out my blood but darkness is still throbbing in my veins,
Cut out my tongue but my words still hold eternal might,
Fed me with lies but the Serpent has taught me how to read the signs,
Oblivion & death to the gods!
I'm the emptiness, I'll break your soul and give you mine,
Embodiment of the fire!
The Nephilim's wrath comes back to life when the sun turns black,
Oblivion & death to the gods!
Take last breath before you see your lord in hell terrorrized,
Oblivion & death to the gods!
I change the times, yea through your suffering I exist,
I instigate every war and madness you may ever taste,
Oblivion & death to the gods!
I'm the emptiness, I'll break your soul and give you mine,
Embodiment of the fire!
The Nephilim's wrath comes back to life when the sun turns black,
Oblivion & death to the gods!
Take last breath before you see your lord in hell terrorrized,
Burning souls is what I smell,
Defrabax Rexulon Habrak Mercim,
Decoding every word you say
When you hurt yourself
There has to be a better way
for you to hate yourself
cause you don't understand
what I'm trying to say to you
You don't understand
I am here to help you
Flagellation Flagellation
Take the pain of a modern nation
Flagellation Flagellation
Take the pain, take the violation
It's gonna be allright
I punish you for every kiss
Look what you stole from me
Blessing you for all your sins
Hey you, you can never win
if you don't understand
what I'm trying to say to you
You don't understand
anything at all
Flagellation Flagellation
Take the pain of a modern nation
Flagellation Flagellation
Take the pain, take the violation
It's gonna be allright
Right here
only pain's gonna set you free
right now
you mean nothing to me
Flagellation Flagellation
Take the pain of a modern nation
Flagellation Flagellation
Take the pain, take the violation
Flagellation Flagellation
Come clean through the flagellation
Flagellation Flagellation
Take the pain, take the violation, yeah
Everything's gonna be OK
Pleasure in pain
Desire of mortification
To achieve the extreme
To know the ultimate
To be a slave for a moment
The body offered up to cruelty
To the lash which whips on the skin
Which slashes the flesh, lacerates the back
To feel the blood, thick and warm
Flow over my wounds
Flagellation...
To thrust aside the limits
To say "yes" to death
Without fear, without remorse
To give up oneself to torture
Punishment and reward
The whip is ambiguous
It distills vice
In a perverse refinement
To be a slave for a moment
The body offered up to cruelty
To the lash which whips on the skin