The facts throughout History, ain\'t always what they seem/
Now I\'m having visions of tyrants, & brutal regimes
Alexander the Great, & Ivan the Terrible/
Vlad the Impaler & Oliver Cromwell
The Roman Emperor Nero, & England\'s King John/
Ivar the Boneless, & the infamous Ghengis Kahn
The use of instruments of torture, that were commonly used/
For forgery & treason-and even Parricide\'s Doom
From the claw to the jaw breaker, the hook & the tongue tearer/
The head crusher & the cage, & the castrator for the genitalia
The clubbings & stoning, & casting out to exposure/
The hanging & beheading, at the orders of the inquisitor
Who got to decide your fate, whether you man, boy or girl/
From association with gypsies, or poisoning of a well
I hear the voices from this Hell, but all too much to digest/
Cause I can hear ripping & tearing, & the digging into flesh.
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