Name: Between Life and Death
Duration: P00H06M14S
Description: Between Life and Death tells the true story of John "Babbacombe" Lee (c. 1864 – 19 March 1945), an Englishman famous for surviving three attempts to hang him for murder.

Between Life and Death

from The Dewerstone by TrveSovereign

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Between Life and Death tells the true story of John "Babbacombe" Lee (c. 1864 – 19 March 1945), an Englishman famous for surviving three attempts to hang him for murder.

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Verse 1:

While the Sun is yet to rise
Over the picturesque blue seas
In a burning house a body lies
The corpse of Emma Keyes
Her throat is cut and flesh is scorched
Blood runs down the cracks of the floor
Papers of paraffin are torched
To hide this murder by the shore

Chorus:

Never seen such a gruesome sight before
Unthinkable pools of blood and gore

Verse 2:

Convinced they'd found the killer
The only man in the house, her servant John
What reason did he have to kill her?
In the lonely hours of a winter's dawn
Take him away and lock him up
Surely no one else that it could be
Soon you'll be before a judge
And stand on trial for all to see

Chorus

Bridge:

You'll be hanged from the neck until you're dead
On that day no tears will be shed

Save me from the gallows I don't want my life to end
Oh please God I plead to thee on you my life depends
I know not how long I've been here sitting in this cell
You know that I've done nothing wrong now free me from this hell!

"Murderer!"

Verse 3:

As take the longest walk
To the rope that now awaits my neck
I watch the guardsman talk
Test the ropes and double check
The wood creaks as I climb the steps
And a winter's breeze does chill the air
Calmly I await what's next
For it's clear that God doesn't care

Chorus

Verse 4:

I close my eyes and say a final prayer
The lever's pulled but yet here I stand
The executioner sighs and swears
For I am still a living man
They check the door and try again
But yet I still don't fall
After a third amen
I live to breathe another day

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from The Dewerstone, released June 3, 2020

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