San Quentin
San Quentin Reflections: A Tale of Resilience and Redemption
Lyrics
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me.
San Quentin, the prison, has been a source of extreme suffering and anguish for the speaker.
You've hosted me since nineteen sixty three
The speaker has been in San Quentin since 1963, indicating a long period of incarceration there.
I've seen 'em come and go and I've seen 'em die
The speaker has witnessed many inmates arrive and depart, as well as experience deaths within the prison.
And long ago I stopped askin' why
The speaker has given up seeking explanations or reasons for the events and conditions in the prison.
San Quentin, I hate every inch of you.
The speaker expresses strong feelings of hatred towards San Quentin and everything associated with it.
You've cut me and have scarred me through and thru.
San Quentin has emotionally and physically wounded the speaker deeply.
And I'll walk out a wiser weaker man;
The speaker anticipates leaving the prison as a person who is more knowledgeable but emotionally and physically weakened.
Miter Congressman why can't you understand.
The speaker questions why lawmakers, represented here by a congressman, fail to comprehend the prison's detrimental effects.
San Quentin, what good do you think you do?
The speaker questions the positive impact, if any, the prison has on anyone.
Do you think I'll be different when you're through?
Will the speaker be fundamentally changed by their time in San Quentin?
You bent my heart and mind and you may my soul;
The prison has significantly influenced and altered the speaker's emotions, thoughts, and spiritual essence.
And you stone walls turn my blood a little cold
The oppressive nature of the prison walls affects the speaker physically, making them feel emotionally cold.
San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell.
The speaker wishes for the damnation and destruction of San Quentin, wanting it to suffer as they have.
May your walls fall down and may I live to tell.
The speaker desires to see the downfall of the prison and hopes to survive to share their story.
May all the world forget you ever stood.
Wishing that San Quentin's existence be forgotten and erased from the world's memory.
Ans may all the world regret you did no good.
The speaker wishes for the world to regret that San Quentin had no positive impact.
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me.
Reiterating the sentiment that San Quentin has been a living hell for the speaker.
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