Arsenic

Arsenic

Loved Ones (The)
(album: Keep Your Heart)

Guess it´ll pass here in my bed
I set a ticking time bomb in my head
I set it off to punish my transgressions
as the poison makes its way
I´m watching as my hands begin to shake
and now it´s just regrets and every second guess
never thought we´d end up here that night when you said

"the car´s out back let´s see this through
they told me they had all this proof
I know what I done is wrong
I sealed your fate and told the truth
Now the gallows hang for you

They´ll find me here in a couple of days
I wonder what your wife and kids would say
"he damn sure had it coming"
They´ll say I did it ´cause of shame
´cause I went and damned you to be safe
They´ll say "it´s just as well I hope he burns in hell
and guilt dealt him a hand that forced his fate just the same"

I sealed your fate and told the truth
they told me they had all this proof
they said they´d found the rusted spade
and matched the footprints to your shoes
now the gallows hang for you

this turned out to be my fatal mistake
and I´ll take it to my grave
say a prayer my soul´s at the stake
and there´s not much left to save