Pit and the Pendulum

Lyrics

[Intro] I WAS sick -- sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me [Verse] I've awoken, eyes are open, no sky is shown, and Thighs are broken, arms tied, and toes bent, mind soaked in Delirium, I fear it's him, Death with a serious hymn Problems in the world today include Syria, Flint Footsteps near, man in white, in his hand is my life He points above with his anointed glove, and like a handy knife Whoosh! Something nearly slices me in two It swings like a metronome, the plight I face is true Back, and forth, it hacks, and tore some men apart Can't be saved, I've got the core of Sin in heart What can I do? I can't escape this torment The mechanical beast has come to rape the whore's men Hated before trends, sedated before the end With the ray of light, spray the fright that's forming in Will I be spared, or tossed into despair, son? Cracked open the shell of the tortoise, and the hare won Sound fair? Huh, I think I heard a noise The wall's busting in, the sound of the Inquisition's burning joy As my saviors stroll in, a piece of hope they holdin' The pendulum stops swinging, ain't no more omens [Outro] There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! The fiery walls rushed back! An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss. It was that of General Lasalle. The French army had entered Toledo. The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies