Vocals and cello by Daniel Staniforth
Acoustic guitar by Yemen Auf Al-Rawi
"The song is a lament of an innocent woman being taken to the block (or the guillotine)... but becomes a greater lament for people and their spectator cruelty." - Daniel Staniforth
She's waiting for the axe to finally fall
She wonders if there's anything at all
Beyond her, or is it just an empty dream?
She's failing while whispers turn to screams
Body Undone
Mind all gone
Cessation
Cessation
They're laughing, she stumbles to the ground
She winces because her hands are bound
What purpose does this all achieve?
Will time find the heart to grieve?
Remind us of our Cruelty?
What nonsense, these notions of Eternity
Voyeurs on the great divide
Delight in this homicide
Despite her innocence in being here
Paupers and peddlers of empty fear
Divine, haloed in the Sunlight
And brave, head held fast and eyes bright
Depraved, the crowd roars its mad amusement
And time, time demands its punishment
Cessation
Cessation
Lyrics © 2009 by Daniel Staniforth
