Falsely accused for hiding guns,
Thrown in the hole, the torture has begun
Guards they laugh and say «Soon you will tell
The bloody straitjacket is your living hell»
Wrapped so tight feel I'm buried alive
Stabbing pains, growing numbness inside
Bodily secretions burn away my skin
All hope is leaving, despair rushes in
[Chorus:]
I will escape from pain [x2]
Escape from pain!
Dragged from my cell for the second time,
I beg for mercy I've done no crime
They just laugh as they drag me away,
It's now or never, my judgement day
I can't tell them what they want to know,
So back in the jacket is where I go
Fighting the pain, I look to the sky —
Please God help me — I don't want to die!
[Chorus:]
I will escape from pain [x2]
My body twitches, I wait for death
The pain, how it has grown
Stretching out to infinity, it's all I've ever known
Then through the pain I feel a change I've never felt before
Total peace flows through my soul
My mind it starts to soar
As I rise up, I turn and look down
I see my body sprawled there on the ground
Freed from anguish, gone is my despair
It doesn't matter now what goes on down there
I have broken from the chains that bind
They cannot touch me now
I leave their world behind
Years have passed and I'm a free man,
But I can't forget what happened back then
Strapped in the jacket again and again,
One on top another, they tried to do me in
But I always would escape
They finally gave up, my will they couldn't break
Granted a pardon after seven years, but only time will dry my tears
[Chorus:]
I have escaped from pain [x2]