'at The Gallows End' Lyrics - Lucifer Rising - Candlemass

Sunrise, I greet you, the beauty of your light 

So warm and tender was never the night 

In tears I see you, the last time it will be 

So give me your blessing, I'll meet my destiny 

No rest for the sinner 

Hypnos refused me my sleep 

This was the last night of my life 

With wine, I pondered on my deeds 

I drank to the devil with servants 

It's good with a friend where you go 

No one would share my last chalice 

So I drink to the ones that I know 

Ring brother, ring for me 

Ring the bells of hope and faith 

Ring for my damnation 

I am at the gallows end 

With sad emotions, I sing this epitaph 

My swan song, my headstone, the farewell of my heart 

The hills of Tyburn, up where the gallows stand 

Only the vultures will come to see me hang 

Behold the sight of my Golgatha 

The gallows enlightened by the moon 

Proud of his art are the carpenter 

His creation a tool for my doom 

I am the outcast no winner 

I am the fallen the one 

That lived all his life as a sinner 

The tempter has called me his son 

Soon it is time the dark has now fled 

And I see the place for my death 

The priest, he will pray for my lost soul 

I'm sure he's wasting his time 

A sinner, a fool or a devil 

Or just a victim of life 

It's no fun to burn in hell's fire 

But I sure have enjoyed my life 

Ring brother, ring for me 

Ring the bells of hope and faith 

Ring for my damnation 

I am at the gallows end