The Crime Of Being Me

Album: How I Want to Die: The Catman Chronicles 1 (2005)
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  • On a brutal winter night
    We stood bravely side by side
    Against snowballs launched our way
    By the enemies of our kind

    In a graveyard's mourning light
    We both choked up, cried and cried
    As the angels lifted him
    On Death's gloomy wings of flight

    And you declared me dead, my brother
    For the crime of being me
    For all the faults I have
    Well, I still cannot believe

    That you declared me dead, my brother
    For the crime of being me
    For all the faults I have
    Well, I still cannot believe

    And my only wish for you, my brother
    Is someday you'll understand
    How it feels to be a corpse
    Walking amongst your fellow man

    In the haze of our carefree youth
    We both wildly joked and joked
    About wicked ironies
    Of the enemies of Truth

    Beside a pool so crystal blue
    We both really hoped and hoped
    That good luck would fill our lives
    In everything we would pursue

    But you declared me dead, my brother
    For the crime of being me
    For all the faults I have
    Well, I still cannot believe

    That you declared me dead, my brother
    For the crime of being me
    For all the faults I have
    Well, I still cannot believe

    And my only wish for you, my brother
    Is someday you' ll understand
    How it feels to be a corpse
    Walking amongst your fellow man
    How it feels to be a corpse
    Walking amongst your fellow man
    How it feels to be a corpse
    Walking amongst your fellow man

    And yet the pain has made me strong
    I forgive you, you're my brother
    I forgive you, you're my brother
    I forgive you, you're my brother
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