[00:02.910]It all began when they took me from my home
[00:05.590]And put me on Death Row,
[00:07.400]a crime for which I am totally innocent, you know.
[00:11.390]
[00:12.820]I began to warm and chill
[00:14.630]
[00:15.630]To objects and their fields,
[00:18.130]A ragged cup, a twisted mop
[00:20.070]
[00:20.750]The face of Jesus in my soup
[00:22.870]
[00:23.560]Those sinister dinner deals
[00:25.490]
[00:26.180]The meal trolley's wicked wheels
[00:28.050]
[00:28.930]A hooked bone rising from my food
[00:31.730]All things either good or ungood.
[00:34.480]And the mercy seat is waiting
[00:36.470]
[00:37.030]And I think my head is burning
[00:39.710]And in a way I\'m yearning
[00:41.840]To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
[00:45.650]An eye for an eye
[00:47.080]And a tooth for a tooth
[00:48.450]And anyway I told the truth
[00:50.830]
[00:51.510]And I'm not afraid to die.
[00:53.510]
[00:59.630]I hear stories from the chamber
[01:02.310]Christ was born into a manger
[01:04.870]And like some ragged stranger
[01:07.110]He died upon the cross
[01:09.170]Might I say, it seems so fitting in its way
[01:13.170]He was a carpenter by trade
[01:16.030]Or at least that's what I'm told
[01:18.850]
[01:24.090]My kill-hand's
[01:25.210]tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist
[01:28.580]
[01:29.570]That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resit
[01:35.010]In Heaven His throne is made of gold
[01:38.010]The ark of his Testament is stowed
[01:40.630]A throne from which I\'m told All history does unfold.
[01:44.360]
[01:45.180]It's made of wood and wire
[01:47.740]And my body is on fire
[01:49.980]
[01:51.410]And God is never far away.
[01:54.350]Into the mercy seat I climb
[01:57.030]My head is shaved, my head is wired
[01:59.780]And like a moth that tries
[02:01.780]To enter the bright eye
[02:04.020]I go shuffling out of life
[02:06.840]Just to hide in death awhile
[02:09.640]
[02:10.830]And anyway I never lied.
[02:13.750]And the mercy seat is waiting
[02:16.370]And I think my head is burning
[02:18.500]
[02:19.060]And in a way I'm yearning
[02:21.180]To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
[02:24.870]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth
[02:28.110]And anyway I told the truth And I\'m not afraid to die
[02:33.170]And the mercy seat is burning
[02:35.470]And I think my head is glowing
[02:37.720]
[02:38.410]And in a way I'm hopin'
[02:40.710]to be done with all this twistin' of the truth.
[02:44.210]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth
[02:46.770]And any way there was no proof And I\'m not afraid to die
[02:52.330]And the mercy seat is glowing
[02:54.950]And I think my head is smoking
[02:57.120]
[02:57.690]And in a way I'm hopin'
[02:59.240]to be done with all these looks of disbelief.
[03:03.370]A life for a life And a truth for a truth
[03:06.290]And I've got nothin' left to loose.
[03:09.290]And I'm not afraid to die
[03:11.670]And the mercy seat is smoking
[03:13.660]
[03:14.350]And I think my head is melting
[03:16.220]
[03:16.790]And in a way that's helpin' to be done with all this twistin' of the truth
[03:22.650]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth
[03:25.270]And any way I told the truth
[03:28.270]But I'm afraid I told a lie.