Not the Gates

Struggling against these chains Trapped in this dark hell Ignore the cries for help Ignore the prayers for death There are no faces In the darkness Awaiting my turn To be a carcass Dragged from my cell, kicking, screaming Please dear God don't take me to the gates Thrashing against these chains Blinded by the light Ignore the roaring crowd Ecstasy in their eyes All the faces All the smiles The dead are waiting To be defiled Dragged from my cell, kicking, screaming Please dear God, don't take me Forced to my knees, begging, pleading Please dear God, don't put me on the gates Not the Gates Not the Gates Not the Gates Not the Gates All the faces Here are grinning My life, my eyes It is beginning Ripped from my neck, dripping, bleeding Oh dear God, I'm still alive Blinded by tar, dying, fleeing My head is placed atop the city gates