I'm waiting in my cold cell as the bells begin to chime Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time 'Cause at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows Pole The sands of time for me are running low, running low, yeah
When the priest's come 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 there's been some sort of an error? Hard to stop the surmounting terror Is it really the end, not some crazy dream? Somebody please tell me, I'm dreaming It's not easy to stop from screaming The words escape me when I try to speak Tears they flow but why am I crying? After all am I not afraid of dying Don't I believe that there never is an end?
As the guards march me out to the courtyard Somebody cries from a cell, "God be with you" If there's a God, then why does he let me die? As I walk, all my life drifts before me Though the end is near, I'm not sorry Catch my soul 'cause 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
Yeah, yeah, yeah Hallowed be thy name Yeah, yeah, yeah Hallowed be thy name