The Executioner's Daughter
Love's Peril: Tale of the Executioner's Daughter
Lyrics
I lost my mind when I was young
I experienced mental distress in my youth.
I fell in love with someone
I fell in love with someone.
A girl I knew I couldn't have
I knew I couldn't have the girl I loved.
Still couldn't help it lord I love
Despite knowing it was impossible, I couldn't control my love.
The Executioner's Daughter
The person I love is the daughter of the executioner.
Yes the hangman's her father
The girl's father is the hangman.
Well I've got no intention of slowing down
I have no intention of slowing down in life.
I'm a rock on a sloped hill headed for the ground
I am heading towards a downfall like a rock on a sloped hill.
If you catch me in my grave you know the stone will say my name
If I die, my name will be on the gravestone.
Before the sun does set down on my day
I want to express something before the end of my day.
I'd like to say
Expressing a desire to communicate before death.
That when my head is on the bench
Imagining my head on the executioner's bench.
If this may be the end my final sentence
Contemplating the possibility that this might be the end.
Will be "won't you understand?
Expressing a plea for understanding in final moments.
My darling hangman
Addressing the hangman as "darling hangman."
Let me take your daughters hand
Expressing a desire to hold the hangman's daughter's hand.
As I leave the living world for the damned"
Preparing to leave the living world for damnation.
Well for years I've been alone
Being alone for years.
I've been traveling on my own
Traveling independently.
Still some times I think of home
Occasionally thinking about home.
Back to the girl I know
Reflecting on the girl I knew.
The Executioner's Daughter
Reiterating that the girl is the hangman's daughter.
Yes the hangman's her father
Reaffirming the hangman as her father.
Well I've got no intention of slowing down
Remaining determined not to slow down.
I'm a rock on a sloped hill headed for the ground
Continuing on a self-destructive path.
If you catch me in my grave you know the stone will say my name
Anticipating that the gravestone will bear my name.
Before the sun does set down on my day
Expressing a desire to say something before the day ends.
I'd like to say
Repeating the desire to express before death.
That when my head is on the bench
Imagining the head on the executioner's bench again.
If this may be the end my final sentence
Contemplating the possibility of impending death.
Will be "won't you understand?
Reiterating the plea for understanding in final moments.
My darling hangman
Addressing the hangman affectionately again.
Let me take your daughters hand
Expressing the desire to hold the hangman's daughter's hand once more.
As I leave the living world for the damned"
Preparing to depart the living world for damnation once more.
And if you catch me in my grave you know the stone will say my name
Reiterating the expectation of my name on the gravestone.
Before the sun does set down on my day
Repeating the desire to say something before the day ends.
I'd like to say
Repeating the desire to express something before death.
That when my head is on the bench
Imagining the head on the executioner's bench once more.
If this may be the end my final sentence
Contemplating the possibility that this might be the end once more.
Will be "won't you understand?
Reiterating the plea for understanding in final moments once more.
My darling hangman
Addressing the hangman affectionately once more.
Let me take your daughters hand
Expressing the desire to hold the hangman's daughter's hand once more.
As I leave the living world for the damned"
Preparing to depart the living world for damnation once more.
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