[00:02.310]It all began when they took me from my home
[00:04.990]And put me on Death Row,
[00:06.800]a crime for which I am totally innocent, you know.
[00:10.790]
[00:12.220]I began to warm and chill
[00:14.030]
[00:15.030]To objects and their fields,
[00:17.530]A ragged cup, a twisted mop
[00:19.470]
[00:20.150]The face of Jesus in my soup
[00:22.270]
[00:22.960]Those sinister dinner deals
[00:24.890]
[00:25.580]The meal trolley's wicked wheels
[00:27.450]
[00:28.330]A hooked bone rising from my food
[00:31.130]All things either good or ungood.
[00:33.880]And the mercy seat is waiting
[00:35.870]
[00:36.430]And I think my head is burning
[00:39.110]And in a way I\'m yearning
[00:41.240]To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
[00:45.050]An eye for an eye
[00:46.480]And a tooth for a tooth
[00:47.850]And anyway I told the truth
[00:50.230]
[00:50.910]And I'm not afraid to die.
[00:52.910]
[00:59.030]I hear stories from the chamber
[01:01.710]Christ was born into a manger
[01:04.270]And like some ragged stranger
[01:06.510]He died upon the cross
[01:08.570]Might I say, it seems so fitting in its way
[01:12.570]He was a carpenter by trade
[01:15.430]Or at least that's what I'm told
[01:18.250]
[01:23.490]My kill-hand's
[01:24.610]tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist
[01:27.980]
[01:28.970]That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resit
[01:34.410]In Heaven His throne is made of gold
[01:37.410]The ark of his Testament is stowed
[01:40.030]A throne from which I\'m told All history does unfold.
[01:43.760]
[01:44.580]It's made of wood and wire
[01:47.140]And my body is on fire
[01:49.380]
[01:50.810]And God is never far away.
[01:53.750]Into the mercy seat I climb
[01:56.430]My head is shaved, my head is wired
[01:59.180]And like a moth that tries
[02:01.180]To enter the bright eye
[02:03.420]I go shuffling out of life
[02:06.240]Just to hide in death awhile
[02:09.040]
[02:10.230]And anyway I never lied.
[02:13.150]And the mercy seat is waiting
[02:15.770]And I think my head is burning
[02:17.900]
[02:18.460]And in a way I'm yearning
[02:20.580]To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
[02:24.270]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth
[02:27.510]And anyway I told the truth And I\'m not afraid to die
[02:32.570]And the mercy seat is burning
[02:34.870]And I think my head is glowing
[02:37.120]
[02:37.810]And in a way I'm hopin'
[02:40.110]to be done with all this twistin' of the truth.
[02:43.610]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth
[02:46.170]And any way there was no proof And I\'m not afraid to die
[02:51.730]And the mercy seat is glowing
[02:54.350]And I think my head is smoking
[02:56.520]
[02:57.090]And in a way I'm hopin'
[02:58.640]to be done with all these looks of disbelief.
[03:02.770]A life for a life And a truth for a truth
[03:05.690]And I've got nothin' left to loose.
[03:08.690]And I'm not afraid to die
[03:11.070]And the mercy seat is smoking
[03:13.060]
[03:13.750]And I think my head is melting
[03:15.620]
[03:16.190]And in a way that's helpin' to be done with all this twistin' of the truth
[03:22.050]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth
[03:24.670]And any way I told the truth
[03:27.670]But I'm afraid I told a lie.