I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time Cos at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows Pole The sands of time for me are running low
When the priest comes to read me the last rites I take a look through the bars at the last sights Of a world that has gone very wrong for me
Can it be that there's some sort of error Hard to stop the surmounting terror Is it really the end not some crazy dream
Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming It's not easy to stop from screaming But words escape me when I try to speak Tears flow but why am I crying After all I am not afraid of dying Do not believe that there never is an end
As the guards march me out to the courtyard Somebody calls from a cell "God be with you" If there's a God then why does he let me die?
As I walk my life drifts before me And though the end is near I'm not sorry Catch my soul, it's willing to fly away Mark my words believe my soul lives on, don't worry now that I have gone I've gone beyond to see the truth
When you know that your time is close at hand maybe then you'll begin to understand Life down there is just a strange illusion.