| Thou shalt not kill — remember that?
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| You learnt it again and again when you were young
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| They said weapons have this safety catch
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| Your moral conscience tells you kid what’s right, what’s wrong
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| Well they make out like they’re so surprised
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| But it’s easy when you’re civilised
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| Count to ten, close your eyes
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| The way it’s always been. |
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| Shot 18
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| I think I was a bit surprised
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| I never knew I was so anaesthetised
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| And triggers pull so lightly and people die so easy
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| I never realised
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| Well I believe in common laws
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| I believe in even scores
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| I understand the rules of war
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| The way the slate is cleaned. |
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| Shot 18
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| Who wants another Christian martyr?
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| Who wants someone else’s pain?
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| Who wants the world on their shoulder?
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| Who wants to have to cry in vain?
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| Who wants to have an open sore
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| Eating away deep inside you?
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| Who wants to torture themselves
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| When there’s plenty eager to do it for you?
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| Well, years might heal all the scars
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| But I don’t know if you feel like you have that time
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| And if I was the man that killed your father
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| And if I said I’m sorry, would that change your mind?
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| Well no one should be so surprised
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| That words don’t pay for victims' lives
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| It’s teeth for teeth, eyes for eyes
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| The way it’s always been. |
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| Shot 18 |