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Thief on Deck

Lyric #4477 by bassMonkey

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bassMonkey Posted on 03.10.2026 #1
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The hangman waits with knotted rope,
Upon the scaffold high,
The sun unfolds the autumn's gold,
Into a crimson sky.

Soft birdsong floats out from the trees,
Toward my iron cage,
As I attend my final act,
Upon that wooden stage.

Condemned was I for theft of grain,
To feed my starving child,
Another victim of the crown,
That squats upon this isle.

I shooed their chaplain from my door,
No god will save my neck,
I mount the steps to shake his hand,
Upon this oaken deck.

A bag is drawn across my head,
My hands behind my back,
The trapdoor waits beneath my feet,
My servant bones to crack.
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