The Gallows Lyrics - Strangers - Simone Felice

I am standing on the gallows 

In a winter rain 

But I am light as a sparrow 

'Cause I'm on my way 

I am standing on the gallows 

And the people push and curse and gather in a ring 

Like the ranks of hell their numbers swell 

They come to watch somebody swing 

I am standing on the gallows 

It's a winter day 

But I am light as a sparrow 

'Cause I'm on my way 

The hangman is a doctor's son 

He's kept a list of those who died 

But in his darkened home 

When he's all alone 

There's a glistening in his eyes 

And he is standing on the gallows 

In his heavy gloves 

Staring straight as an arrow 

Into the sky above 

He sees a river of blood in the clouds 

I see a ladder, my love, reaching down