[00:03.02]It began when they come took me from my home
[00:05.58]And put me in dead row,
[00:08.15]Of which i am nearly wholly innocent, you know.
[00:12.65]And i'll say it again
[00:14.46]I..am..not..afraid..to..die.
[00:17.43]I began to warm and chill
[00:19.49]To objects and their fields,
[00:21.80]A ragged cup, a twisted mop
[00:24.12]The face of jesus in my soup
[00:27.06]Those sinister dinner meals
[00:29.37]The meal trolley's wicked wheels
[00:32.12]A hooked bone rising from my food
[00:34.93]All things either good or ungood.
[00:37.31]And the mercy seat is waiting
[00:39.43]And i think my head is burning
[00:42.06]And in a way i'm yearning
[00:43.74]To be done with all this measuring of truth.
[00:47.49]An eye for an eye
[00:48.62]A tooth for a tooth
[00:49.68]And anyway i told the truth
[00:52.49]And i'm not afraid to die.
[00:55.12]Interpret signs and catalogue
[00:58.03]A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog.
[01:00.53]The walls are bad. black. bottom kind.
[01:03.03]They are sick breath at my hind
[01:05.16]They are sick breath at my hind
[01:07.22]They are sick breath at my hind
[01:09.53]They are sick breath gathering at my hind
[01:15.47]I hear stories from the chamber
[01:17.72]How christ was born into a manger
[01:20.28]And like some ragged stranger
[01:22.22]Died upon the cross
[01:23.34]And might i say it seems so fitting in its way
[01:27.84]He was a carpenter by trade
[01:30.78]Or at least that's what i'm told
[01:33.41]Like my good hand i
[01:36.16]Tatooed e.v.i.l. across it's brother's fist
[01:37.72]That filthy five! they did nothing to challenge or resist.
[01:43.09]In heaven his throne is made of gold
[01:45.84]The ark of his testament is stowed
[01:48.53]A throne from which i'm told
[01:50.34]All history does unfold.
[01:51.28]Down here it's made of wood and wire
[01:54.59]And my body is on fire
[01:58.20]And god is never far away.
[02:00.83]Into the mercy seat i climb
[02:03.33]My head is shaved, my head is wired
[02:05.95]And like a moth that tries
[02:07.76]To enter the bright eye
[02:09.70]I go shuffling out of life
[02:12.39]Just to hide in death awhile
[02:14.89]And anyway i never lied.
[02:18.76]My kill-hand is called e.v.i.l.
[02:20.77]Wears a wedding band that's g.o.o.d.
[02:22.58]`tis a long-suffering shackle
[02:26.08]Collaring all that rebel blood.
[02:28.76]And the mercy seat is waiting
[02:30.95]And i think my head is burning
[02:33.51]And in a way i'm yearning
[02:35.95]To be done with all this measuring of truth.
[02:38.95]An eye for an eye
[02:40.33]And a tooth for a tooth
[02:41.58]And anyway i told the truth
[02:44.02]And i'm not afraid to die.
[02:46.45]And the mercy seat is burning
[02:48.64]And i think my head is glowing
[02:51.14]And in a way i'm hoping
[02:52.70]To be done with all this weighing up of truth.
[02:56.70]An eye for an eye
[02:57.83]And a tooth for a tooth
[02:59.20]And i've got nothing left to lose
[03:02.33]And i'm not afraid to die.
[03:04.45]And the mercy seat is glowing
[03:05.95]And i think my head is smoking
[03:09.01]And in a way i'm hoping
[03:10.45]To be done with all this looks of disbelief.
[03:14.14]An eye for an eye
[03:15.52]And a tooth for a tooth
[03:16.95]And anyway there was no proof
[03:19.64]Nor a motive why.
[03:21.83]And the mercy seat is smoking
[03:24.08]And i think my head is melting
[03:26.52]And in a way i'm helping
[03:28.64]To be done with all this twisted of the truth.
[03:32.01]A lie for a lie
[03:33.20]And a truth for a truth
[03:34.45]And i've got nothing left to lose
[03:37.01]And i'm not afraid to die.
[03:38.77]And the mercy seat is melting
[03:41.83]And i think my blood is boiling
[03:44.20]And in a way i'm spoiling
[03:47.05]All the fun with all this truth and consequence.
[03:50.67]An eye for an eye
[03:51.55]And a truth for a truth
[03:52.61]And anyway i told the truth
[03:54.86]And i'm not afraid to die.
[03:57.23]And the mercy seat is waiting
[03:59.30]And i think my head is burning
[04:01.80]And in a way i'm yearning
[04:03.17]To be done with all this measuring of proof.
[04:07.36]A life for a life
[04:08.49]And a truth for a truth
[04:09.98]And anyway there was no proof
[04:12.61]But i'm not afraid to tell a lie.
[04:15.05]And the mercy seat is waiting
[04:17.23]And i think my head is burning
[04:19.55]And in a way i'm yearning
[04:21.17]To be done with all this measuring of truth.
[04:24.36]An eye for an eye
[04:26.11]And a truth for a truth
[04:27.80]And anyway i told the truth
[04:30.30]But i'm afraid i told a lie.