The Mercy Seat-Johnny Cash

[ti:The Mercy Seat] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:American III: Solitary Man] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Mercy Seat - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:02.91]It all began when they took me from my home [00:05.59]And put me on Death Row [00:07.40]A crime for which I am totally innocent you know [00:11.39] [00:12.82]I began to warm and chill [00:14.63] [00:15.63]To objects and their fields [00:18.13]A ragged cup a twisted mop [00:20.07] [00:20.75]The face of Jesus in my soup [00:22.87] [00:23.56]Those sinister dinner deals [00:25.49] [00:26.18]The meal trolley's wicked wheels [00:28.05] [00:28.93]A hooked bone rising from my food [00:31.73]All things either good or ungood [00:34.48]And the mercy seat is waiting [00:36.47] [00:37.03]And I think my head is burning [00:39.71]And in a way I'm yearning [00:41.84]To be done with all this weighing of the truth [00:45.65]An eye for an eye [00:47.08]And a tooth for a tooth [00:48.45]And anyway I told the truth [00:50.83] [00:51.51]And I'm not afraid to die [00:53.51] [00:59.63]I hear stories from the chamber [01:02.31]Christ was born into a manger [01:04.87]And like some ragged stranger [01:07.11]He died upon the cross [01:09.17]Might I say it seems so fitting in its way [01:13.17]He was a carpenter by trade [01:16.03]Or at least that's what I'm told [01:18.85] [01:24.09]My kill-hand's [01:25.21]Tatooed E V I L across it's brother's fist [01:28.58] [01:29.57]That filthy five They did nothing to challenge or resit [01:35.01]In Heaven His throne is made of gold [01:38.01]The ark of his Testament is stowed [01:40.63]A throne from which I'm told All history does unfold [01:44.36] [01:45.18]It's made of wood and wire [01:47.74]And my body is on fire [01:49.98] [01:51.41]And God is never far away [01:54.35]Into the mercy seat I climb [01:57.03]My head is shaved my head is wired [01:59.78]And like a moth that tries [02:01.78]To enter the bright eye [02:04.02]I go shuffling out of life [02:06.84]Just to hide in death awhile [02:09.64] [02:10.83]And anyway I never lied [02:13.75]And the mercy seat is waiting [02:16.37]And I think my head is burning [02:18.50] [02:19.06]And in a way I'm yearning [02:21.18]To be done with all this weighing of the truth [02:24.87]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth [02:28.11]And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die [02:33.17]And the mercy seat is burning [02:35.47]And I think my head is glowing [02:37.72] [02:38.41]And in a way I'm hopin' [02:40.71]To be done with all this twistin' of the truth [02:44.21]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth [02:46.77]And any way there was no proof And I'm not afraid to die [02:52.33]And the mercy seat is glowing [02:54.95]And I think my head is smoking [02:57.12] [02:57.69]And in a way I'm hopin' [02:59.24]To be done with all these looks of disbelief [03:03.37]A life for a life And a truth for a truth [03:06.29]And I've got nothin' left to loose [03:09.29]And I'm not afraid to die [03:11.67]And the mercy seat is smoking [03:13.66] [03:14.35]And I think my head is melting [03:16.22] [03:16.79]And in a way that's helpin' to be done with all this twistin' of the truth [03:22.65]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth [03:25.27]And any way I told the truth [03:28.27]But I'm afraid I told a lie