Hung at the Crossroads Lyrics

Album: The Pact

See him hang at the crossroads

Watch his tortured body sway

Hanged in chains and iron

Left as a feast for the crows

Why he carried out that deed

Only he will ever know

See him swing at the crossroads

For his sins he'll dearly pay

On that night in 1683,

He murdered a whole family,

He killed them all as they slept

Only one awake, pleaded and wept

A servant doing the work of the Devil

Or was he just a man insane?

Sentenced to death by hanging

For his cruel deeds he'll dearly pay

Take him up to the gallows

And hang him high by the neck

The villain proclaimed his innocence

A blood-stained knife sealed his fate

On that night in 1683,

He murdered a whole family,

He killed them all as they slept

Only one awake, pleaded and wept

Go back thou hateful wretch

Resume thy cursed knife

I long for more blood

Spare not the young one’s life

Kill all, kill all

Leave none alive

Kill all, kill all

With your bloodied knife (x 2)

He hangs at the crossroads in iron and chains

Hear his screams from miles away

He killed the innocent with his knife

And now he must pay with his own life

Andrew Mills is dead…

See him sway at the crossroads

Hear his tortured body creak

Hanged in a cage of iron

Left to rot for three weeks

Till all that remains is bones

And until he no longer moves

A murderer hangs at the crossroads

Left for all to see

On that night in 1683,

He murdered a whole family,

He killed them all as they slept

Only one awake, pleaded and wept

A servant of the devil

A butcher of an innocent family

Slit their throats, mangled their bodies

With wild eyes staring violently

They sleep till they will rise again

He realised it all far too late

He who sheds man's blood

By man his blood shall be shed