The Spaceman - Rick Wakeman

The shadow of the noose grew long

A sun dial of the time

The prisoner had left to live

A self inflicted crime

To pay with death for pain he gave

To those he soon will meet

The rope hung loosely round his neck

The Devil at his feet

«You shall hang,"said the judge,

For your presence here on earth,

is no use for those who wish to live in peace.

Your evil is forever.

«You shall hang», said the judge.

«You shall hang,

You shall hang,

You shall hang.»

The hangman checked the rope

Aware the prisoner was afraid

The preacher softly praying

To Our Lord his soul to save

The blindfold placed around his eyes

An unlit funeral pyre

The hangman pulled the lever

He heard an astral choir

One man’s life has cost another

You shall not lie in sacred ground

The time has come to meet your Maker

Down on earth, they heard no sound

Your evil is for ever,

«You shall hang,"said the judge.

All earthly life in you has ceased.

He tried to call out to the Maker

On no earthly soil he fell

The Maker motioned all around

He felt his soul dragged down to Hell

He saw the man that he had murdered

People he had pained on earth

Of souls returning reincarnate

No hope for his rebirth

«You shall hang», said the Maker,

For your presence on our planes,

Is no use for those who wish to rest in peace.

Your evil is for ever,

«You shall hang», said the Maker

You shall hang,

You shall hang.

You shall hang.