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
  
   motherfuckers
  
   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 there’s been some sort of error
   hard to stop that surmounting terror
   is it really the end not some crazy dream
  
   somebody please tell that I’m dreaming
   it’s not so easy to stop from screaming
   but words escape me when I try to speak
  
   tears 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
   someone calls from a cell ‘God be with you‘
   if there’s a God why has he let me die
  
   as I walk all 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 please believe my soul lives on
   please 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, hallowed be thy name
   yeah, hallowed be thy name