Punish me brutally
Lock me up in shackles
Give me what I deserve.
All these years I’ve begged
Just to get what I’m owed
Only to realize
There is nothing worse.
Now learning my earnings
Are what you’ve saved me from
I’ll swear my allegiance
To your promise
That doesn’t fit on paper.
Who else has threatened death
With life
And won?
– Vagabond Prophet