Ego Renegade Boy

Heavens!

I’m sorry for your loss

A life cut short, it’s such a tragic plot

Oh, 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

'cuz 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 th 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!