Hanged, drawn and quartered
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a statutory penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272). Convicts were fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where they were hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disembowelled, beheaded and quartered (chopped into four pieces). Their remains were often displayed in prominent places across the country, such as London Bridge. For reasons of public decency, women convicted of high treason were instead burned at the stake.
The severity of the sentence was measured against the seriousness of the crime. As an attack on the monarch's authority, high treason was considered a deplorable act demanding the most extreme form of punishment; although some convicts had their sentences modified and suffered a less ignominious end, over a period of several hundred years many men found guilty of high treason were subjected to the law's ultimate sanction. They included many English Catholic priests executed during the Elizabethan era, and several of the regicides involved in the 1649 execution of Charles I.
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by: HIMWe can be like all the others
With no way to go
Paint ourselves into a corner with hope
This could be the end of everything
Afraid of
A dream of one
Let's hope these heart's for one another
It's worth all wounds, it must be
If I'm drawn and quartered
It's only for you
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
So why won't you (why won't you)?
Been waiting to
Why won't you go on and run?
Every part of me wants to believe
There's a darkness we need to feel
For the brightest light to be seen and felt inside
Only because of you
Let's hope these heart's for one another
It's worth all wounds, it must be
If I'm drawn and quartered
It's only for you
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
Why won't you go on and run with them?
Run away, go on and run away
And I'll stay
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For you
It's all I can do, my baby
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
Why won't you?
I'll wait for you
Why won't you?
Go on and run
Why won't you
Go on and run
Run away
Let's hope these heart's for one another
It's worth all wounds, it must be
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue