DISCOGRAPHY - "X" - LYRICS
HANGMAN SMILES
Words & Music by Richard X. Heyman, Copyright 2013
Daylight waits outside of my window gates
I can’t hold it back for long
And warning signs and drawing dividing lines
Are keeping my pride at bay, by chasing my muse away
Hangman smiles behind his mask
As he checks his rope for the kill
As the jury files to complete the task
The room falls silent and still
Healing hands they can’t mend my broken plans
I’m walking that long last mile
And wounded words that should have been left unheard
Are echoing round my head, I should have walked out instead
And the hangman smiles behind his mask
As he checks the drop in the floor
Well you may ask just how I know
Well it’s the hood that I once wore
Hangman smiles, the judge and the jury file
Out into the morning sun
But I don’t know what I’ve done
And the hangman smiles behind his mask
As he checks his rope for the kill
As the jury files to complete the task
The room falls silent and still