Water-boarding, dehydration,
Thumb-screws and sleep deprivation
Torture’s a barbaric crime
That needs to end in our lifetime

Now there’s an opposition cry
From a group who’d rather die
Than lose their right to suffer pain
A protest that sounds so insane

But these aren’t sadomasochists
Or even radical anarchists
They’re people we see everyday
Suffering is the price they pay

Pointed shoes give toes a squeeze
Sending shocks up to the knees
Heels and ankles rest on spikes
To get that look a woman likes

Torture’s walking in high heels
In silk or suede or hand-stitched eels
Lessons learned from such harsh duty?
Pain is truth, and truth is beauty