Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
This is about Lizzy Borden, a girl suspected of murdering her parents in 1892. An interesting theory about her motives is that she may have been sexually abused by her father.
(The song never talks about that, I just learned about it when I was researching facts to annotate the song with.)
A young maiden with a demon in her soul
A twisted mind with secrets to unfold
An innocent face, a deceiving smile
Under no suspicion, servant to Belial
The axe came down
The axe came down
Blood all around
She lurks possessed, without a sound
Butchers her Dam when no one is around
The next day her sire feels her wrath
She has no remorse in her merciless bloodbath
She's Miss Lizzy, she feels no pain
The axe came down
She's Miss Lizzy, she strikes again
The axe came down, blood all around
Lizzy Borden took an axe
Gave her mother forty whacks
When she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty-one
Lizzy Borden took an axe
Gave her mother forty whacks
When she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty-one
Lizzy Borden took an axe
Gave her mother forty whacks
When she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty-one, wow
Now before the jury with a solemn face
These legendary murders, he left not a trace
Lizzy found it so simple to take their lives
Today she walks free with her axe by her side
She's Miss Lizzy, she feels no pain
The axe came down
She's Miss Lizzy, she strikes again
The axe came down, blood all around
The axe came down, blood all around
Ah
She Took an Axe was written by Jason Newsted.
She Took an Axe was produced by Brian Slagel.