All alone in an evil dream I see myself up high,
And it's me over you with my arms spread open wide,
I try to run from the place I know that I can be set free,
Come away, come away, there's a sweet voice calling me
To the killing tree.

I look around at all the faces who are passing me,
And I run try to run with nails in my feet,
All the time I was building castles on a sandy beach,
Leading you, leading you, to a place I'd never been,
To the killing tree,
To the killing tree,
To the killing tree, come on

I know what you're asking me and I don't wanna give,
'Cause it's safe and I know 'cause I've been here all these years,
All the precious pain I hold without it there is fear,
And I'm afraid, when you say, that you'll get me outta here
To the killing tree,
To the killing tree,
To the killing tree, come on.

Come away, come away,
Come away to a place of healing.

Come away, come away,
Come away to a place of healing.

So now I run to you and I move from night to day,
For to live I must die and there's still no other way,
I see you in an evil dream, you took my place up high,
Now it's you over me with your arms spread wide,
On the killing tree,
On the killing tree,
On the killing tree, come on.

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Thanks to (Nancy Scheitler) for correcting these lyrics. Jan 29, 2009