Heavens I'm sorry
for your loss
A life cut short
it's such a tragic plot
Now your poor daughter
We'll keep her
in our thoughts
But what a disgrace
we're mourning while
her killer freely walks
Jury's out
they cry for retribution
Voices shout her blood is
on your hands
As if I'm not the one
that has to live with
Red under nails
that won't wash out
no matter how it ends
'Pon the boundary
of loss and dream
Irony put to sleep
so set the scene
It's her or me
who's it gonna be
To lead a lie or watch
your daughter die
I forced the issue
what a waste of time
It's wrong it's right
and God I'm so alive
So leave her behind
it's an eye for an eye
Lethal injection
guillotine electric chair
It'd all be so simple
oh if only I weren't there
I'll slip the noose they tie
The fell boy's guilty as tried
Her life for mine
Gracious the charges pile up
A guilty conscious
case open and shut
But wait Your Honor
it's such a noble cause
It's not like the victim's here
to see your jaded justice done
Did you know her
Her dreams
Her aspirations
One single sentence
address the rest
So tell me how you knew her
embellish your relation
Pain that you feign for a stranger
'cause you'd rather see me gone
Don't look away from the boy
whose smile sparks a flame
Reclaimed a crying shame
that you don't feel the same
'Pon the boundary
of sight unseen
Irony lives and breathes
In rest in grief
It's her or me baby
who's it gonna be
To lead a lie or watch
your daughter die
I forced the issue
what a waste of time
It's wrong it's right
and God I'm so alive
So leave her behind
it's an eye for an eye
Cooked in a cauldron
drawn and quartered
firing squad
It'd all be so simple
oh if only I were gone
I'll slip the noose they tie
The fell boy's guilty as tried
Her life for mine
Did you know her
Did you know
that heavy heart
Did you know her
A fragile ego
adorned in scars
Did you know her
Did you know
the nights spent crying
in a voice drawn low
Did you know her
If you knew you'd know
I had to let her go
To lead a lie or watch
your daughter die
As if the choice could
end with me alive
It's wrong it's right
but God if only I
Could give up a life
I can hardly call mine
Ring of the knell the eulogy
the loss of heir
It'd all be so simple oh
if only I weren't there
I'd give it one last try
if I could leave it behind
for the renegade life
To lead a lie or watch
your daughter die
I forced the issue
what a waste of time
It's wrong it's right
and God I'm so alive
So leave her behind
it's an eye for an eye
Lethal injection
guillotine electric chair
It'd all be so simple
oh if only I weren't there
I'll slip the noose they tie
The fell boy's guilty as tried
Her life for mine
An ego set alight
A stray boy justified
This life is mine