closing shadows, guns drawn 
 the hands of time are not thine friend 
  
 and it's an eye for an eye 
 before you die 
 don't close your eyes 
 or waste your time 
 it's an eye for an eye 
  
 final hour drawing nearer and 
 the seconds seem like years 
 vision clear, barrel cold 
 and the albatross watches me 
 mother mercy forgive sins 
 time to face the bringer of tears 
  
 and now the world is cold outside 
 and I cannot feel, w here is the end 
 where is the end that has come for me 
 can you see... can you see... 
  
 and I cried 
 I lied 
 I died watching the face of the sun... 
  
 and it's an eye for an eye 
 before you die 
 don't close your eyes 
 or waste your time 
 it's an eye for an eye