Hang Drawn and Quartered

By Maleficium · Death Metal

"Hang Drawn and Quartered"

This was the execution method used to execute William Wallace.

Treason against crown and state.

Not forgiven.

Not forgotten.

Punishment in suffering and blood

The king knows no mercy

Regicides, rebels, assassins

Dragged to the square for butchery

Stripped bare before the crowd

Short knot tight — not to kill

Breath denied, life sustained

The torture begins.

Hanged, drawn and quartered

Punishment for treason

Hanged, drawn and quartered

A spectacle of gore

Laid out cold on a wooden table

The body opened — slow, precise

Sadistic art of disembowelment

Drawn to humiliate before death

Manhood taken, entrails removed

Life reduced to screaming proof

Not for death — but for display

Power and cruelty made absolute

Hanged, drawn and quartered

Punishment for treason

Hanged, drawn and quartered

A spectacle of gore

Still alive.

Still aware.

Forced to witness

What was taken.

Cavities emptied

Organs raised to flame

Not execution — domination

Justice in the king's name

Mercy comes only with the blade

The head removed — the torture ends

Torn apart, divided four parts

A city marked with severed limbs

Gates and bridges, roads and walls

Flesh displayed where crowds convene

So none forget the price of revolt

So none repeat what has been seen

Hanged, drawn and quartered

Punishment for treason

Hanged, drawn and quartered

A spectacle of gore

About Death Metal

Brutally heavy metal featuring guttural vocals, complex technical riffs, and themes of death and darkness, known for its uncompromising intensity and musicianship. Bands include: Death, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel

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