THE STRANGULATION CHAIR
Alex Webster

Trapped in this prison awaiting my death
Condemned to die by draconian means
An eye for an eye is [bad word] of this land
But the victim in question did not die by my

Hand
mockery of justice
Inequity
The murderer will live but I will die

Strapped to a chair unable to breathe
Other condemned have died before me
Constrained in the chair I saw fear in their eyes
The executioner smiled as he took their

Lives [bad word] their windpipes
Garroted
Throttled with iron they succumb to death

The Strangulation Chair
Constriction of the throat
No air for the lungs, no blood for the brain

death I don't deserve
Blameless of this crime
Only I know this is [bad word] 
The Strangulation Chair
The spinal column breaks
Then my life will cease my final release

death I have not earned
But still have to face
They are the murderers now

My day [bad word] now it's my turn to die
Hands tied they lead me away
The executioner collars my neck
In terror I wait for my strangulation
My strangulation, my strangulation

Death
My mind slips to darkness
Unconscious forever
The crime [bad word] they will not know

The Strangulation Chair
Constriction of the throat
No air for the lungs, no blood for the brain

death I don't deserve
Blameless of this crime
Only I know this is [bad word] The Strangulation Chair
The spinal column breaks
Then my life will cease, my final release

death I have not earned
But still have to face
They are the murderers now