A badge and a gun they gave to me.
A city under keep; under my lock and key.

They put their lives in my hands.
They put their lives in my hands.

I am death, I am no angel
and with my dagger I decide the fate of all.
I am death, I am no angel;
with my dagger I'll send this city to piles of salt.

There's a killer on loose in this town.
He is evil and his knife soaks this ground.
Dear Detective, please detect this man.
-- How can you catch him when he's half the man you am?

I'm not death, I am an angel.
I can't decide, I can't decide the fate of all.
I'm not death, I am an angel;
with your dagger I'll send myself to piles of salt.

I am death and I'm the angel.
This dagger tastes of blood and salt.
I am death, I'm the fallen angel.
This city's doomed. I'll kill you all.

You ran, brother; and rightly so.
You ran, brother; and rightly so.
Please get away, somewhere I'd never go.

You ran, brother; and rightly so,
but I'll catch you and kill you.
You'll make my knife glow.

Come soon
sun, you bright example
of days post nights long trampled;
cold and alone.

Shine on
with warmth, the barest sample
of optimisms ample;
brothers and sons.

Is this your idea
of forgiveness?
Is this what you call
our family?
I know you hurt mom,
Did you know you hurt me?

You've grown
so sideways, sick, and twisted;
a brother, only listed
with a curse

Everyone's dead.
Your hands are bloody ones.
I've played "alone"
now I'm truly
the only son.

I'm setting out to start again.
I'll find a new home;
and, I pray, new kin
among a brand new suns
and a new system.

So come soon sun,
you example
of days not trampled,
cold or alone.

The clock strikes three;
more clues left for me.
He's a crafty bastard
and he's still free.

Poor little lady
A man and a fairy
Now another victim
of a killer so scary

I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down.
I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down.

Always one step ahead of us
He always gets away
A few murders cause such a fuss
He always gets away

I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down.
I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down.

You're so smart, so cunning;
You'll never be caught.
So fast, just keep running;
a smile on your face and you play God.

I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down.
-- It's me, it's me.
I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down.
-- It's me. It's me.

I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down.
-- It's me, it's me.
I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down.
-- It's me. It's me.

Her soft
footsteps cross the underpass.
She runs.

Fear glows
through the eyes of a predator.
Her son

gives chase;
a killer found, a bad disease.
He breathes.

"I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down."
"I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down."

Clues left
purposefully, a patten laid;
what fun.

Sinners, all
in the eyes of this predator:
the son.

Mother inferior
A son abandoned, forgotten, lost

As God, I made you pay.
As God, I made you pay.
I command.
At my command, you went away.
At my command, you went away.
I command.

"I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down.
You'll see, you'll see."
"I'll catch the killer.
I'll hunt him down."
-- "You'll see," he thinks.

I was once ambitious,
a silver-tongued fraud.
Now my dreams lay dying
in a waiting room abroad.

She lays on the table
with water in her lungs.
I thought myself a sailor,
but now the sea has won.

These bruises that mask my face
A crude and clotted shade
Display to all with eyes
These wounds that I have made

I’ll break myself, it seems
Time and time again
As if compelled to craft
My own discolored skin

Please stay with me for the rest of my life
It's just passed 11:00 and she's on my mind
Told her I'd love her and she made a good wife
You've got to keep the love you manage to find

I see the tunnel and I see the light
I never looked back when she held my hand
A long November and a final night
Somehow she just made me a better man

It's been a long year and it's been hard
Bright lights, loud crash,
Abusing youth, and cars

We said it often, how we shared a heart
I'm glad she went first
I..
I couldn't bear to tear her apart

I see the tunnel and I see the light
I never looked back when she held my hand
A long November and a final night
Somehow she just made me a better man

Told her I'd love her and we had a good life
You can leave now, I'm off to find my wife.

daddy dearest, i love you best of all;
forever and always, even after the fall.

lies, i’m a liar. i’ve just lied to you.
your god, your religion, and your new wife too;
these are all nightmares that i’ve had come true.

you b*****, you left us. you left us to die;
the wife you neglected, the daughter who cries,
the sons you abandoned now living new lives.

don’t come home for christmas.
don’t “i’ll see you soon.”
f*** yourself, father.
go play constant-groom.

Wrecked
On a mirror sea;
Capsized,
Epiphany

How the hell did you escape
The gravity?

Stressed,
Distressed like jeans
Liar,
Fake f*** like me

How the hell did you escape
The gravity?

Rocket man,
You're Peter Pan
You're Gone, Daddy, Gone
But how the hell did you escape
The gravity?

And It seems to me
That the answers you hear ringing true
Are chords playing just for you
From whistles only dogs can hear

And I'll hold my ground
With feet planted on solid earth
For the first time since my rebirth
Against this army you have found

I'm
Playing Devil's Advocate
Backwards in my mind
And I'm
Questioning everything
Everything that I can find

What have you now,
More books and tapes to fuel the fires?
Volumes of text all screaming violence
But your whistles, they all sound like silence!

I'm
Playing Devil's Advocate
Backwards in my mind
And I'm
Questioning everything
Everything that I can find