Burnt at the Stake
A shackled defendant confesses her ways
As the pure look on in dismay
"She must be freed from the covenant's grasp
A child, towards evil has strayed"
The sun goes down over gallows hill
As dusk pours over the land
A judgement is made, pointing up to the pyre
Where, convicted, the guilty shall stand
A crowd gathers by, the condemned to be tied
Upright, overlooking the town
One diamond tear is all that she cries
So gently and absent of sound
Darkness descends, the void and the stars
A cold whisper flicks through the air
The frozen ground glows under the moon
As silence replaces despair
Burn!
Rid her of the evil one
Guide her back to purity
Learn the error of her ways
Cursed blood evaporating
Cleansing her of heresy
Suffocating crematory
Screaming pain now fills the air
From this path you're separated
Let this sentence show to all
The craft is never tolerated
Send the evil back to hell
Let her burn!
The embers glide up, flicker and glow
Ashen bodies crumble below
The cruelest of fates for an unproven crime
Unqualified, the lawmen bestow
An unusual fog descends from the trees
With a whisper heard in the breeze
"Each person who stands here as witness tonight
Shall succumb to a fatal disease"
As the pure look on in dismay
"She must be freed from the covenant's grasp
A child, towards evil has strayed"
The sun goes down over gallows hill
As dusk pours over the land
A judgement is made, pointing up to the pyre
Where, convicted, the guilty shall stand
A crowd gathers by, the condemned to be tied
Upright, overlooking the town
One diamond tear is all that she cries
So gently and absent of sound
Darkness descends, the void and the stars
A cold whisper flicks through the air
The frozen ground glows under the moon
As silence replaces despair
Burn!
Rid her of the evil one
Guide her back to purity
Learn the error of her ways
Cursed blood evaporating
Cleansing her of heresy
Suffocating crematory
Screaming pain now fills the air
From this path you're separated
Let this sentence show to all
The craft is never tolerated
Send the evil back to hell
Let her burn!
The embers glide up, flicker and glow
Ashen bodies crumble below
The cruelest of fates for an unproven crime
Unqualified, the lawmen bestow
An unusual fog descends from the trees
With a whisper heard in the breeze
"Each person who stands here as witness tonight
Shall succumb to a fatal disease"
Credits
Writer(s): Barry Cooke
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