I often wonder why I sit and wait to die 

What have I done to justify the sentence they gave? 

Too many hours spent in darkness questioning... 

"How and why"? 



I can't remember many moments in the light 

This retribution has defiled me to no end 

An execution without merit looms ahead 

Tell me why! 



I was a boy who had to live his own way 

I never fit into the model they had designed 

I chose a path less taken 

I stood with others who had often felt the same 



We got stares from passersby 

Our dark attire seemed to frighten people away 

And when the three young boys died 

They pointed fingers and entangled us in a lie! 



No hope in sight 



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I sit here terrified! 

Can't someone try to bring the truth to light? 

Won't anybody open up their eyes? 

Before the three of us have lost our lives! 



Why was everybody so damn afraid? 

They blamed the devil for the heinousness of the crime 

And to justify their own faith 

We were labeled pawns of Satan for a time 



The three of us were attacked and disgraced 

For many hours we were questioned and someone lied 

One of us couldn't take it 

His simple manner was manipulated in kind 

Fear made him lie 



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Now I am terrified! 

Can't someone try to bring the truth to light? 

Won't anybody open up their eyes? 

Before the three of us have lost our lives! 



And Why? 

Can't anybody see through their disguise?! 

Only believe we didn't take their lives! 

And now the three of us have lost our lives 



I often wonder why I sit and wait to die 

What have I done to justify the sentence they gave? 

Too many hours spent in darkness questioning 

"How and why"? 



I can't remember many moments in the light 

This retribution has defiled me to no end 

An execution without merit looms ahead 

Tell me why