Damien Echols Death Row Letter, Year 16 1/2
Johnny Depp, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis"Damien Echols Death Row Letter, Year 16 1/2" is a song by Johnny Depp, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, released in 2013 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:14 long and contains 51 lines and 238 words.
0:00Today
0:02The guards made me bleed again
0:07They chained my feet
0:09So tight
0:12I could barely move
0:17I bleed through my socks
0:22Last month it was my left ankle
0:26Today it was the right
0:32When I wash
0:34The soap burns like fire
0:40But I have to keep my ankles clean
0:44Because I don't have any alcohol
0:46Or peroxide
0:49Nothing to kill the bacteria or infections
0:55And this place is filthy
1:02I can't remember
1:04What it's like
1:09To walk as a
1:10Human being anymore
1:14My cell is so small
1:18That I can only take
1:19Two steps
1:24Anytime I'm brought out
1:27However briefly or infrequently
1:31I have chains on my hands and feet
1:36As well as guards hanging on me
1:41Been well over 16 years since I've actually walked anywhere
1:49Sometimes I still can't wrap my mind around that
1:56I'm working on my 17th year now
2:02There were times when I thought
2:04Surely
2:07Someone's gonna put a stop to this
2:11Surely someone
2:13Is gonna do something
2:19But they never do
2:23Time just rolls on
2:27It's insanity
2:31I am truly amazed
2:34At what they've been allowed to
2:35Get away with
2:38And for how long
2:46Ah well
2:48Does no good to dwell on it
2:53Either I waste my energy by focusing on things I
2:55Cannot change
2:58Or I conserve my energy
3:01And apply it to small
3:01Things I can change
3:07That's what the I ching calls
3:11The taming power
3:14Of the small
Today The guards made me bleed again They chained my feet So tight I could barely move I bleed through my socks Last month it was my left ankle Today it was the right When I wash The soap burns like fire But I have to keep my ankles clean Because I don't have any alcohol Or peroxide Nothing to kill the bacteria or infections And this place is filthy I can't remember What it's like To walk as a Human being anymore My cell is so small That I can only take Two steps Anytime I'm brought out However briefly or infrequently I have chains on my hands and feet As well as guards hanging on me Been well over 16 years since I've actually walked anywhere Sometimes I still can't wrap my mind around that I'm working on my 17th year now There were times when I thought Surely Someone's gonna put a stop to this Surely someone Is gonna do something But they never do Time just rolls on It's insanity I am truly amazed At what they've been allowed to Get away with And for how long Ah well Does no good to dwell on it Either I waste my energy by focusing on things I Cannot change Or I conserve my energy And apply it to small Things I can change That's what the I ching calls The taming power Of the small
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