Nergard - Twenty Years In Hell lyrics

“Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labour by doing honest work with his own hands so that he may have something to share with anyone in need” [Ephesians 4:28] The Bible clearly states that stealing is wrong. The defendant broke not only the law but one of the Ten Commandments when he broke into the home of Nathan O’Callaghan, a well-respected man in the city of Dublin. The court finds the defendant Peter O’Donnell, guilty as charged of aggravated burglary. You are hereby sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in Portland Prison, where you will pay for your crimes by doing hard, hard labor. And so it began An endless night A haunting nightmare Shadows are all that I see now, nothing but darkness Father, why have you deserted me? The curtains fall my time has come In chains of hell I stood my ground Day after day I prayed for you The sense of time was there no more As years went by life fainted slow Twenty years in hell alone The memories of her sweet embrace The healing vision eased the pain She would be there when I once returned She’ll be there All these years of silence Not a word, a sign of life One would a**ume you had succumbed Life has not been fair to you Bloodshot eyes, you look like hell Embrace the fact you’re still alive For twenty years I suffered wrong I was ripped apart by the hands of the law I was innocent but no one cared Where is my wife Where is my child Let them come to me Let me see them, just one more time Again In the black of night I heard her voice screaming frantically Great despair, alone she cried for aid, so desperately She prayed for the strength to save her child, so tenderly But her prayers were not heard She is no more The darkness is here I’m at the gates of hell The chains of pain sumerges my soul A flower wither slowly Left blindfolded to die alone Never to be seen again Sundown brings the silence Downcast eyes, a shadowed heart The tears will erase the memories