Death By State Sitting in the prison cell
I have went through years of hell
Waitin' on death row
Drudgery, appeals, bureaucracy
Watin' for the big show
My innocence couldn't be proven
Cuz my innocence was a lie
I was guilty as sin
I try and try and try
To comprehend my self
I chastise myself
Now it is time for the end of myself
Why did I kill that man?
I was pissed, but why did I kill?
Took away a life
Broke the heart of his wife
His kids now fatherless
Damned is maliciousness!
My stupid, macho, neandethral soul
It took me over, and I took the pole
Into his head
He is dead,
soon am I
An entire life dead, oh why why why?
Ah, shit
No more time to apologize
No more time to regret my life
That will have been cut short
The guards come in my cell
They cuff me
Not too roughly
They feel sympathy
Even though they hate me
It ain't their job
They ain't the one to berate me
That's the job of the judge…
The guards try to be polite
They don't know if their job is right?
They walk me to my death
Death by State
But wait!
I'm never gonna kill nobody again
This time I have learned my lesson!
So let me the fuck up out this chair!
Don't attach those electrodes
Don't you dare!
This ain't fair!
Fuck your punishment
Fuck your government
I ain't never gonna kill nobody again
What is the reason for your discipline?
Is it an act of malice?
Is all you care for retaliation?
You're trading a crime for a crime!
I took a life, sure
But why ya gotta take mine?
I'm never gonna harm nobody again
I've learned to be a good citizen
It hurts me every day that I killed that man
I want to do good for the world, and I can!
So unstrap me
Don't trap me
No, don't fasten my arms!
I won't do anymore harm!
I'm gon' kick you! Let me go!
I have a right to kick you, high or low
It's self defense, is it not?
Fuck, ya got my legs now
Now you'll kill me, then I'll rot
How, I ask y'all, how?
I scream!
The audience are frightened
Angered by the piercing cries
Why won't they be enlightened?
Why no disturbance in their eyes?
"roll on one" yells the man
"I'll be good, I can, I can"
switch is flipped
so am I
execution
electrocution
bolts, I am zap
brain quivers
mind dies
body thrashes
Turn your death machine off!
That's my final thought
Cuz now I'm off