Blood Axis
Blood Axis - The Hangman And The Papist songtekst
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The village square stands quiet, the curfew's still in force The streets are even clear of dogs and horse Like some evil bird of prey the scaffold spreads it's wings The people build their fires and bolt their doors And the mayor is giving dinner to the officers and wives His eldest son is learning how to fawn The barrack block is hushed and tense the soilders drawing locks Who will be our hangman in the dawn? The lot folds on a young man who has served for but a year His home is in a village close nearby He shivers at the part of what he's forced to do next day He wonders who it is that has to die And the full moon casts a cold light on the gloomy prison walls And the papist walks his cell, he cannot sleep He hears the waiting gallows creaking just beyond the door He prays for he has no more tears to weep The day begins to brink, the muffled drums begin to sound A crowd begins to gather in the square The presence of the hangman in his terrifying mask Weighs heavy on the minds of all those there The colonel reads the sentence which the papist knows by heart He has failed to show allegiance to the king His crime is thus with God himself and in his name he must hang The papist head held high says not a thing The chairman binds his hands and clips the blindfold to his eyes He leads him through the door before the crowd The hangman sees his victim and the blood drains from his face He sees his younger brother standing proud The hangman tries to protest but is ordered to proceed His trembling hands begin to take a strain His eyes are blind with streaming tears He cries for all to hear Forgive me God we hang him in thy name!