
Date of issue: 28.04.2014
Song language: English
Well If the Turkey's in the High-Chair, Where's the Baby? |
Herman Webster Mudgett, well mannered and mild |
Little did they know he was a deviant child |
A preoccupation with suffering and death |
It was the birth of a murderous wretch |
Skilled at deception, seduction as well |
All his ideas were imported from hell |
His deeds insured that his legend would grow |
And history would know him as H H Holmes |
Animal cruelty, an early sign |
Cadaver dissection, a disturbed mind |
He needed victims for his plans, he was a bigamist |
Alone could sate his lust for long, he yearned to commit far greater wrongs |
His mistress became pregnant, an unexpected bane |
The poor wretch wants to be betrothed, a botched abortion ends them both |
To build his lair he obtained land with fraudulence and tricks |
His castle was a torture chamber, its purpose to trap helpless strangers |
The cellars filled with acid vats and ovens for remains |
Gas pipes for asphyxiation, air tight vault for suffocation |
Dissecting tables, racks of surgeons tools |
Dark hidden hallways, a labyrinthine maze |
The Chicago fair brings an endless flow of visitors who aren’t easily traced |
One by one they’re seduced, then before long disappearing, not to be seen again |
Some lured to the vault, locked screaming inside |
Sound proof walls dampen their last cries |
Gas floods in, fists pound the door |
They pass out and slump to the floor |
More led down corridors with no end, scared prey to be stalked |
Then once caught, thrust down hidden chutes to the cellar, for further abuse |
After torture, at least slaughtered |
Then disposed of in acid or cremated in the furnace |
Bones mixed with waste and buried in haste |
Some even sold as specimens |
So many have died, a grim loss of life |
Victims filled the rooms |
The castle is their tomb |