• The Trial - Pink Floyd
• The Trial - Roger Waters
• The Trial - Phil Ochs
• The Trial - Dead Can Dance
• The Trial - Dark Funeral
• The Trial - Warhead
• The Trial - Adrian Snell
• The Trial - Suicidal Angels
• The Trial - Viking
• The Trial - Malcolm Mcdowell

Good morning, Worm your honor
The crown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings
Showing feelings of an almost human nature
This will not do, call the schoolmaster!
I always said he'd come to no good in the end your honor
If they'd let me have my way I could
Have flayed him into shape
But my hands were tied the bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder
Let me hammer him today?
Crazy
Toys in the attic, I am crazy
Truly gone fishing
They must have taken my marbles away
(Crazy, toys in the attic he's crazy)
You little shit you're in it, now
I hope they throw away the key
You should have talked to me more often than you did, but no!
You had to go your own way, have you broken any homes up lately?
Just five minutes, Worm your honor
Him and Me, alone.
Babe!
Come to mother baby
Let me hold you in my arms
M'lud I never wanted him to
Get in any trouble
Why'd he ever have to leave me?
Worm, your honor, let me take him home
Crazy
Over the rainbow, I am crazy
Bars in the window
There must have been a door there in the wall
When I came in
(Crazy, over the rainbow, he is crazy)
The evidence before the court is Incontrovertible
There's no need for the jury to retire
In all my years of judging, I have never heard before
Of someone more deserving, of the full penalty of law
The way you made them suffer, your exquisite wife and mother
Fills me with the urge to defecate!
("No Judge! the jury!")
Since, my friend, you have revealed your
Deepest fear
I sentence you to be exposed before
Your peers
Tear down the wall!
(Tear down the wall!)
(Tear down the wall!)
(Tear down the wall!)

Good morning, Worm, your Honor
The Crown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings
Showing feelings of an almost human nature
This will not do
Call the schoolmaster
I always said he'd come to no good
In the end, your Honor
If they'd let me have my way
I could have flayed him into shape
But my hands were tied
The bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder
Let me hammer him today
Crazy toys in the attic
I am crazy truly gone fishing
They must have taken my marbles away
Crazy toys in the attic, he is crazy
Call the defendant's wife
You little shit, you're in it now
I hope they throw away the key
You should've talked to me more often than you did
But, no, you had to go your own way
Have you broken any homes up lately?
Just five minutes, Worm, your Honor
Him and me alone
Babe, come to Mother, baby
Let me hold you in my arms
M'Lord, I never wanted him to get in any trouble
Why'd he ever have to leave me?
Worm, your Honor, let me take him home
Crazy, over the rainbow
I am crazy bars in the window
There must have been a door
There in the wall when I came in
Crazy over the rainbow, he is crazy
The evidence before the court is incontrovertible
There's no need for the jury to retire
In all the years of judging I have never heard before
Of someone more deserving the full penalty of law
The way you made 'em suffer
Your exquisite wife and mother
Fills me with the urge to defecate
Since, my friend, you have revealed your deepest fear
I sentence you to be exposed before your peers
Tear down the wall
Tear down the wall, tear down the wall
Tear down the wall, tear down the wall
Tear down the wall, tear down the wall
Tear down the wall, tear down the wall
Tear down the wall, tear down the wall
Tear down the wall, tear down the wall
Tear down the wall, tear down the wall
Tear down the wall, tear down the wall
Tear down the wall, tear down the wall
Tear down the wall, tear down the wall

Outside the cats are scratching
Inside the doors are latching
On the room, the greedy gloom
The trial is revealed
Police are six feet deep
With switchblades in their teeth
So no one leaves and they all believe
This is absolutely real
Yes, it's real
And the Sergeant says, ";Are you ready, boys?
Get ready, boys
Aim...
And Fire...
Order in the court
People ready for the sport
They squirm and squeak and lick their beaks
And grease their feathers down
Everybody rise
Judge is here with bathroom eyes
A Grizzly bear, he hugs his chair
And the greedy gavel pounds
Yes, it pounds
And the Sergeant says, ";Are you ready, boys?
Get ready, boys
Aim...
And Fire...
In the dungeon s(?) falls
Writing appeals upon the wall
And the priest in prayers is not even there
So precious is his time
To the stake he's tied
The swallows sing the triggers slide
he bids goodbye to the wattery sky that plunges from his mind
From his mind
And the Sergeant says, ";Are you ready, boys?
Get ready, boys
Aim...
And Fire...

All my senses rebel
Under the scrutiny of their persistent gaze
It took a lifetime to get here
A journey I'll never make again
For those who have accepted the burden of shame
For the innocent only guilt will remain
And our lives will be forced to accommodate
The perpetrators of our own bastard race
All my senses rebel
Under the scrutiny of their persistent gaze
It took a lifetime to get here
A journey I'll never make again
I stand accused of a thousand and one crimes
A witness to events that led up to this present time
These traditions, which bind our hands and keep us tied
Will never survive the greater test of time
Deliver me from these feverish eyes
That threaten to unbalance my state of mind
For I must confess only to the smallest of crimes
A sense of guilt
A sense of guilt
A sense of guilt

[Instrumental]

...as demanded by the prosecuting attorney the jury find him guilty and
subsequently he is sentenced to death. His bitter ordeal begins...
He says, I pulled the trigger, fearless and cool
A murderer with intention, hardened like old school
A cold-blooded man, holding up a store
A calculated plan, to enforce what he's heading for
Once I learned 'eye for eye', now I get pain for pain
He wants me to die, I talk 'bout the D. A.
He's counting 'life for life', he's showing up my way
He says, there's a lot thats due -
There are three ways to pay:
For the bereaved we've got to dare
Electric chair, death can be fair
The draft of death gas chamber's breath
Leads him to death, lock up the door!
A lethal dose, a gift from God
Puts him to sleep, smoothe like a dog
The draft of death, gas chamber's breath
Leads him to death, lock up the door!
I'm facing judge and jury, the victim's families
The actors of this play, of this criminal case
The jury listen to, the words of the D. A.
If they follow his request, I will be erased:
We've got to free the world
From the burdon of this beast
With his loss of life, other people will find peace
The punishment is fair, his guilt can't be denied
The rules should be clear right now,
There are three ways to die:
For the bereaved, we've got to dare
Electric chair, death can be fair
The draft of death, gas chamber's breath
Leads him to death, lock up the door!
A lethal dose, a gift from God
Puts him to sleep, smoothe like a dog
The draft of death, gas chamber's breath
Leads him to death, lock up the door!
I've heard their words, I've heard them all
Can't believe they're talking about me
They made my hope rise and fall
Now a real way out I cannot see
All these feelings come down on me
I've lost the gleam of hope, is this reality?
It might come back again...
I loved my life, they proved me wrong,
I've buried dreams, I've buried plans
Maybe they're right, what have I done?
I killed two people, here I am
All these feelings come down on me
I've lost the gleam of hope, is this reality?

[Pilate:]
Now you're standing here before me
My judgement to receive,
And the evidence against you
Is getting harder to believe
For they claim you say you're greater
Than their prophets and their law,
If your kingdom is of heaven
Then why are you here at all?
Now for God's sake give an answer
To the charges you have heard,
I've no reason to condemn you
And the charges are absurd.
I just don't know what to make of you
Or the truth you claim to be,
And if you're really their Messiah
Then why can't your people see?
Listen to them
[The Crowd:]
God knows we will see this Jesus crucified today
To Caesar you will answer if we don't get our way.
God knows we will see this Jesus crucified today
To Caesar you will answer if we don't get our way.
To Caesar you will answer if we don't get our way.
[Pilate:]
You can see the situation
The position that I'm in.
I'd just have you whipped and beaten
But this crowd intends to win.
I may be a Roman governor
But my hands are really tied.
And you're about to be the only King
I ever crucified.
[The Crowd:]
Listen to us
Crucify him, crucify him, set Barabbas free,
We'd rather have a murderer, than let this man blaspheme.
Crucify him, crucify him, set Barabbas free,
We'd rather have a murderer, than let this man blaspheme.
We'd rather have a murderer, than let this man blaspheme.
[Pilate:]
I'll have nothing more to do with you - I value my career.
I'll have nothing more to do with you - my heart is filled with fear.

4. The Trial
Psychotic maniac
Driven in to court
Eyes on the ground
Hands behind the back
Killers, thieves, rapists
Judged under dark
Are we really crazy
Or we're judged by craziness
Who you are you want to judge me
Do you think you are god
Fuck your gods and fuck your courts
All we're guilty damn your lives
Children driven into drugs
Slow death there is no hurry
Hypnotized don't react
The real guilty are still free
Children driven into drugs
Slow death there is no hurry
Hypnotized don't react
The real guilty are still free
Who you are you want to judge me
Do you think you are god
Fuck your gods and fuck your courts

Judgement day - will you comprehend?
Beckons close at hand
Those of us that were born again
And those who curse the Holy Land
Brought forth before the Son of god
The One who loved enough to die
We will be not judged by our words and deeds
But by our faith when we are tried
Respond to the Holy One
Why you think that He should spare
A man who mocked and cursed His name
Or knew the truth and did not care
Drink the blood of the King of Kings
Love the Savior of the human race
Kneel before Him, discard your rings
And pray that He will give you grace
He was born unto a virgin
A birth from royal seed
The truest test of prophets
Is truthful prophesy
Know the Prophet was no bastard
We did not deserve His death
Just the thought of what He did for me
Forever I will be His slave
His own kind of refused acknowledgement
Crucified the Chosen One
As the sun set behind the cross of thieves
Dying, He knew His work was done
(Solo: Ron)
Our cross he had to bear
He rose as the final sign
Still searching for the prophet "true"
The Jews are left behind...
He was born unto a vrgin
A birth from royal seed
When youa are brought to trial

Good morning, Worm your honor.
The crown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings,
Showing feelings of an almost human nature.
This will not do.
Call the schoolmaster!
I always said he'd come to no good
In the end your honor.
If they'd let me have my way I could
Have flayed him into shape.
But my hands were tied,
The bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder.
Let me hammer him today?
Crazy, toys in the attic I am crazy,
Truly gone fishing
They must have taken my marbles away
(Crazy, toys in the attic he's crazy)
You little shit you're in it, now
I hope they throw away the key.
Yer should have talked to me more often
Than you did, but no! You had to go
Your own way, have you broken any
Homes up lately?
Just five minutes, Worm your honor,
Him and me, alone.
Baaaaaaaaaabe!
Come to mother baby,
Let me hold you in my arms.
M'lud I never wanted him ta
Get in any trouble.
Why'd he ever have to leave me?
Worm, your honor, let me take him home.
Crazy,
Over the rainbow, I am crazy,
Bars in the window.
There must have been a door there in the wall when I came in.
(Crazy, over the rainbow, he is crazy)
The evidence before the court is
Incontrovertible, there's no need for the jury to retire.
In all my years of judging
I have never heard before
Of someone more deserving a
The full penalty of law.
The way you made them suffer,
Your exquisite wife and mother,
Fills me with the urge to defecate!
"Hey Judge, shit on him!"
Since, my friend, you have revealed your deepest fear,
I sentence you to be exposed before
Your peers.