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
`Cause at 5 o`clock, they take me to the Gallows Pole
The sands of time for me are running low, yeah!

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 that there`s some sort of error
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end, not some crazy dream?

Somebody please tell me that I`m dreaming
It`s not easy to stop from screaming
The words escape me when I try to speak
Tears flow, but why am I crying
After all I`m not afraid of dying
Don`t I believe that there never is an end

As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Somebody cries from a cell "God be with you"
If there`s a God then why has he let me go?

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, believe my soul lives on
Don`t worry now that I have gone
I`ve gone beyond to seek the truth

When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you`ll begin to understand
Life down here is just a strange illusion
Yeah, hallowed be thy name
Yeah, hallowed by thy name
Yeah