Hallowed Be Thy Name — текст песни (Iron Maiden)

i`m waiting in my cold cell, when the bell begins to chime.
reflecting on my past life and it doesn`t have much time.
`cause at 5 o`clock they take me to the Gallows pole,
the sands of time for me are running low.


When the priest comes to read me the last rites,
i take a look through the bars at the last sights,
of a world that has gone very wrong for me.


can it be that there`s some sort of error.
hard to stop the surmounting terror.
is it really the end, not some crazy dream.


somebody please tell me that I`m dreaming,
it`s not so easy to stop from screaming,
the words escape me when I try to speak.
tears flow but why am I crying,
after all I`m not afraid of dying.
don`t I believe that there never is an end.


as the guards march me out to the courtyard,
somebody cries from a cell “God be with you”.
if there`s a God then why has he let me go?


as I walk all my life drifts before me,
though the end is near I`m not sorry.
catch my soul, it`s willing to fly away.


mark my words believe my soul lives on.
don`t worry now that I have gone.
i`ve gone beyond to see the truth.


when you know that your time is close at hand.
maybe then you`ll begin to understand,
life down here is just a strange illusion