this joy i hold, do i deserve it?

is this pain she wears a punishment?

long life of the wicked, irony of it all

why did you close your ears to their helpless call?

life is more than retribution

though absolutely there is right and wrong

i leap the fence of law and reason

only shadows all along



(chorus)

mercy triumphs over judgement

we talk more than we do

once my faith was illusion

now it's just in you



it all breaks down when we break with you

the death of God is my minds death too

cruelty is just an empty word

if good is just a point of view

if nothing's truly evil, then what can't they do to you



(chorus)



racked in pain beyond her years, innocent as she can be

would my ranting ease her pain?

who can a cynic free?

i have no answers for this child, though that you always knew

the only questions really asked, what now will i do?



(chorus)