Here they sway from side to side.
Father and son, hand in hand.
That poor little girl
Who never stood a chance.
For boy, as you know,
Daddy had a thing for those
Of innocence and very few years.
Yet you watched from the shadows,
As your old man went on,
He didn’t know that you were there.
Why didn’t she scream?
You couldn’t believe the scene,
He is not the one you know
Today he had betrayed your soul.
But you would run if you could,
He blocks the door,
Of this old and abandoned shell of a barn.
Close your eyes boy, but the ears won’t relent,
Just look away and pretend you don’t see
Their silhouettes clinging to the walls.
Now you can never be free
You know the century is early, the laws unevolved
They say what you have seen has left your soul unclean.
They know she was your friend, so now they’ll understand.
This wasn’t your fault, you didn’t make it be
You know your father is to blame, he who hath sinned.
Unleashing evil in its purest form.
But that’s not what they’ll say
When they condemn you two to fate.
As from behind the crate you step,
“Father it is time to flee.”
You know his darkness, yet with him you must go
For life on the run alone, you cannot survive.
You strive for your freedom, with your demon at your side.
You travel the miles, yet with him you will never speak,
Because of him, your childhood is gone.
And even worse is the loss of her’s.
Together you last for many a day
But in the end you’ll never get away.
For it is now the third day of the second week.
You know you are caught, yet with him you’ll still not speak
As the cavalry rides up, and they take you away.
Back to the village where it all began.
The trial is short, the girl revealed all,
as before you were ever found, you were both deemed guilty
And tonight you shall hang, along with your old man.
So here they sway from side to side.
Father and son, hand in hand.
That poor little girl
Who never stood a chance.
