Killing for fun
I know I wasn't born with the devil inside
But somewhere along the line, as he stood by my side
He promised me danger and the ride of my life
If I obeyed him he would make everything right
The devil promised me a real good time
That he would take me from my life of grime
He told me rules can be broken ignored and played
That he'll make all my pain go away
But there are consequences to my crimes
The guilt at first, gave a pretty bad time
The blood on my hands that I couldn't wash away
Gave me nightmares even during the day
Each kill got easier, I took there lives one at a time
I took them in my hands, squeezed tighter with the line
I had a thin metal bar that I'd use on the swine
Hit him right over the head then pull out the twine
I watched as the life, ran out of there eyes
As they took there last breath and let out a cry
I saw the pain, the horror, the surprise
I was there the minute that they died
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Submitted on August 20, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | A A X X B B X C X B C C B D D D E X E A |
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| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 893 |
| Words | 191 |
| Stanzas | 20 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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