Mental Shock

It has been many years since I was thrown into the cell

My sentence was electrocution when the gavel fell

The clock is slowly getting closer to that final time

Strapped into the chair and punished for false crimes

My last meal is getting colder

But I have no appetite

I look down the hall at the impending doom

That waits for me this very night

My last rites are read by the pastor

As if I had rights from the start

I'm moments away before they strap me in

And voltage will flow through my heart

The warden straps me in

Flashes me a twisted grin

No last words for me to say

I know my life will end

For something that I never did

Death is just a switch away

A victim's family cheers

A killer has been free for years

I'm punished for another's crimes

My time is finally up

I guess I'm just a victim

of the wrong place at the wrong time

The Ripper runs wild through the streets

While I sit here inside a cell

A judicial system's deadly mistake

A psychopath out free to kill

Poor lawyers and poor evidence

And witnesses appeared and lied

These fools will take years to see their mistakes

And I will be long gone and fried

Mental Shock

All appeals denied

Mental Shock

It's me they want to die

Mental Shock

Nothing lasts forever

Mental Shock

Until they pull the lever

The current shoots through as I begin to convulse

A fate that should be for somebody else

Electrified brain shoots straight through the eyes

And justice is served while innocence dies