Hail, Hail the Executioner - Shinobu

I met the devil in the woods on the outskirts of town

The mayor, the mayor stood right alongside

And the next day

A man died in the dust of our streets

As we just stood by

Hail, hail the executioner

Who’s come to tear us from this world!

I met the devil in the inn in the center of town

The keeper fell to his knees and

Prayed for his life from the ground

And if the devil should come again

It will surely be to gather our heads

And we’ll comply

Hail, hail the executioner who’s come to tear us from this world!

We deserve what we get and I pray for the worst

Hail, hail the executioner who’s come to tear us from this world!

We deserve what we get and I pray for the worst

Empty leaders, sycophantic cowardice

Two-faced preachers;

Soulless, spiteful evangelists

And if they march us up to the chopping block I’d gladly step first

We deserve what we get and I pray for the worst

We deserve what we get and I pray for the worst

(Hail, hail, the executioner)

(Hail, hail, the executioner)