“An Execution” is inspired by the notorious Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Báthory, who was accused of torturing and killing anywhere from 65 to 650 young woman between 1585 and 1609.

Fans have speculated that the lyrics are based on an excerpt from the book Dracula was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania, written by Raymond T. McNally.

There she saw a horse held fast to the ground as some soldiers slit open its belly. Three of the soldiers then grabbed the guilty gypsy and shoved him inside the horse’s belly until only his head stuck out of the dying animal. Another soldier armed with a huge, long needle and coarse ropelike thread sewed up the culprit in the belly of the horse.