I walk to the chamber54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqV9i6345W
Where I will die,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxCP6eAQGa
Head held high—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjGkSjtsu6
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGov53lwF76
Tilt my head,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXl6qws2vb
And greet the chair54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76K4f7w60j
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNckXll7fA
Straps crossing ribs,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqa3UMkFAG
Twice around my head—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPOPzys2RY
I chuckle softly,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFORdzux8b
When I was born, I had a cradle.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74s22CxLdb
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZLFfslAe8
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4OdPdLhxv
The parents of those I stole.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BwhcrGoGp
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVzGY4US3c
Watching the clock hands creep,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKiaYrCNK8
Counting down the moments left54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5HgOYCRHC
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUcTDBrCzx
Their hate, their pain,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOFognlT45
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrcpge46UY
Holds no more pages.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S1uk5x5xK
I am the final act,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dbOlaILLk
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zzAhpdlwU
Fear in my eyes,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1yFSfRKFq
To watch me tremble,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31jWSsBZS2
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOen1XxTgLD
Than what I am.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLu0C1cEpd
I will face the storm and see God54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UFdPEs0Pn
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bDbyBZNP8
“Any last words?” they ask.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡov0JIGNp9u
I take a breath,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0wwmEFD1F
A final gift,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxRgAQ0GSM
Before my sins54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gl9mKHYo5
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcYbWgdJt5
But this moment is not yours—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ODvHwDcDR
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡII6ak5UJYo
Curses to ghosts,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiwsJc0K9f
As the switch is thrown.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3pMAWzqQq
Lightning rips through me,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1Sl7kuNC2
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fzRqAQga3
Life was worse than death itself—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTXEo0Kxq3
For my father was my monster,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4E9qmDnlx
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FUafQPBwk
To bury myself deep,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKB4vBUrae0
To never be his prisoner,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xaoEhEshU
To finally sleep.
And now—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ClF4mcjRy
I will never go unheard.
