Blindfolds Aside

We woke up as men, but tonight we'll sleep as killers,

As we break the cryptic morning with a bullet and a prayer.

The steel never seemed so cold and agile

And the life never seemed less vital and fragile.



With a heart that's beating louder than my own,

I watch a girl they call Kezia.

I watch a woman that I know,

My hope and my own future blindfolded to atone (to atone)

A sin I didn't care for, but a sin that paid my debts.

A sin that fed my children; burned my smiles and cigarettes.



And no one ever said that hope would be so beautiful.

And no one ever said I'd have to pull the trigger on her.



I can't even still her trembling hands

That were locked up by the dutiful and the obligated.



Five soldiers, forever sedated

With the "No one's responsible" psychological drama

Of our social justice dribble (Dribble...)



Her tiny steps... (To resurrect...)

Tell lies about... (A static lifestyle...)

The choice... (To starve...)

I have... (To death...)

To make... (My own mistakes.)



So pull the screaming trigger, and watch your carcass bleed me dry,

Or drop the gun, and try to shake away the blindfold from your eyes.



Drop the gun! (Pull the!)

Drop the gun! (Screaming!)

Drop the gun! (Trigger!)

Drop the gun!



Sin I didn't care for,

But a sin that paid my debts

A sin that fed my children,

That burned my smiles and cigarettes [x2]