Lay Me to Rest, Pray That I Die

This is a song I've been working on for the past few months.

Crossing my heart, a bloody "X"

I stand before the firing squad.

Last cigarette, sneer on my face;

Twelve guns fire, all over the place.

 

Now; a coma.

Soon; revenge.

They take me for dead.

I'm buried alive.

 

In the ground; awaken.

Claw to the surface; pale, unshaven.

Hate in my gaze,

They have only days.

 

Fifty-five dead, all at my hand.

Now forty-six more; axe to the head.

Arrested, no trial, death by the chair;

Laugh in their faces, they tear out my hair.

 

Strapped in tight; flip the switch.

Lights flicker, unconsciousness.

This time, a morgue, frozen solid.

Mistaken, incomplete, undead s**t.

 

Twenty-score now beheaded

Once more I am arrested.

New sentence; death, no s**t!

C.O.D; Poison injected.

 

Broadcast world-wide; hoping I die.

Pumping veins full with cyanide.

Hemlock, arsenic, plutonium, lead,

Can't kill he who is already dead.

 

Cold ash, blackness

smoke and sulphur

Back with a vengeance, wielding Hell's Fire.

One thousand dead, incinerated alive.

 

152mm shell to the heart.

Split my body open, limbs apart.

F**k you all, you and your pie!

Lay me to rest!  And Pray that I Die!

Author's Note

Please, tell me what you think! If you're a fellow songwriter, please let me know if you think I should record this!

Reviews

I'd like to hear it, sounds cool.

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

Whew... that was packed with awesomeness. Enjoyed this, could really see it as a song recorded, would be nice, seems different.

[quarintine_deathangel]

Awesome poem action packed, dark and twisted cool, It'd make a legendary death metal song too XD

[Sahar moonlight]

I love this one.
It was well written and expressed something about .......
IF you RECORD it, please let me heart ittttt

[ChaoticSoul]

I love writing lyrics and could totally hear this in my head as some angst-y, tricked out rock song. I like your use of numbers here. It gives a uniqueness to the song and allows it to stand on its own.