Punishment unjust

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The story I tell is not of my own so be sure to listen well
Open your ears to the wonders of a man who was unrightly forced down to hell

They stare and cheer as he's pushed to the ground
Forced to kneel before his fate
His hands bound, head bend down
The blade struck down on the his nape

His head rolled, voices cheered
But what was this all about?
T'was but a desperate man who needed help
Instead sent to his death

Changed name changed fate what will you do?
A man such as him has nothing left to prove
Wrath and anguish washed over him, 
dammed unrightly to loneliness 
To watch his victims, day by day until they perish and become his meal

I don't even know where to begin
I don't know where else to go
Living life day by day
Hoping it'll end again soon
My soul aches for some love
But damned I am to be
No love is to come of me
Until I payed for my deeds

Picture after picture hung on his wall, each of a previous meal
He recounted every soul he ate with guilt and shame
His emotions slowly washed away to a world of black and grey
A splash of colour and some piercings just to make it a day

Empty feelings empty soul
Nothing but burrowing himself in a hole of anguish, and sadness
Rage and fear
Nothing to find here but a man in tears
His soul torn to shreds as two centuries pass
Time becomes meaningless as his destiny passes

I awoke in a strange place
Trees blue, violet and pink, grass blue as the sky
A hand extended to me drew my eyes
What looked like a demon crouched next to me
He offered me help and pulled me to my feet

Joy, excitement, his days filled with happiness
His rules discarded, his starvation replaced by fulfilment
Given affection at every chance and treated like a person
Friends, no family is what he had and hed give up everything for it

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