Eric Woolfson - The Pit And The Pendulum lyrics

I was alone In the darkness Within the walls Of a dungeon They tied me down I was helpless There was no crime I am not guilty There was a pendulum dangling over my head A sword of Damocles hanging by a thread And I was chained like Prometheus wishing I was dead There was a pendulum dangling over my head And then it moved A little lower And then it swung A little a faster A little wider A little slower A little wilder A little lower There was a pendulum circling over my head Eyes like a vulture tearing me to shreds And I was staring at disaster wishing I was dead There was a pendulum circling over my head...