Man I Killed - NOFX

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When they tigh

              
tly strap me i

             
n, give me let

         
hal injection,
            
Just a few mom

             
ents to live, 

             
no remorse for

        
 what I did,
              
It was for the

             
 betterment of

              
 man, I gave t

    
he utmost
     
sacrifice,
            
Before more da

              
mage could be 

            
done I took hi

  
s life.
                                            

There was a split second of silence when the dart punctured
the skin,
             
Beady eyes rol

              
led back in he

              
ad, the body d


ropped from th

e

poison,
             
They could inc

              
apacitate me, 

              
but could not 


erase my sneer

,
             
I heard a thou

              
sand people sc

              
reaming, while

        
 three billion
        
others cheered

,
             
He was gone, a

   
nd I would soo

n be...

             
Executed by th

              
e state, all a

             
ppeals would b

      
e in vain,
             
I was not crim

            
inally insane,

             
 in fact, I wa

           
s found to be,


             
An otherwise c

              
aring and resp

             
ectable member

   
 of society,
             
A minor threat

             
, except for t

              
hat one man I 


killed.

             
As the sedativ

             
es take effect

             
, I just smile

           
, close my eye

s,
             
There's a prie

              
st kneeling ne

   
xt to me, he a

sks me if I
   
realise,
             
I was going st

             
raight to hell

         
, and he thoug

ht that I shou

ld

know,
             
That the man I

          
 killed’s repl

acement planne

d this whole

Scenario,
             
And what I did

             
 had no signif

      
icance at all.

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