Hang Me High

Oh...

Hang me high hang me high

Set me up with the bells in the tower

And beat them hour after hour

Hang me high

To the bonds that seal your lips

Intone a penance as you slip

Into another night of bleeding flowers

And in that final sinful moment

Were you just seeking love so tender?

Oh...

Does loathsome loss become a gain?

Empires stagger onwards no pain

The voice of love grows out

Exaltation, exaltation

Ohh....hang me high

Take this rainbow and bury it deep

Take this serpent and put it to sleep

Take these words then learn to keep

Take this sow and reap

Oh...

Hang me high

The night man coming away

With the ashes of some fallen saint

With some forgotten martyr to weep over

Take me, take me and sleep take me keep some

Do not weep, do not weep

Oh....hang me high