(Verse 1) The air is thick, the varnish gleams A monument to broken dreams Twelve pairs of eyes that will not meet my own They file in slow, like seeds of stone My heart's a drum against my ribs Ad-libbing silent, desperate fibs My lawyer offers up a sickly smile We've been waiting for a long, long while (Chorus) A throat is cleared, a paper shakes For every soul the silence takes One single word is all it makes And in that breath, the whole world breaks It hangs there in the poisoned air, The Verdict A loaded gun, a whispered prayer, The Verdict The future dies without a sound My whole life's turning upside down (Verse 2) My mother's face begins to blur Her silent scream, a distant slur The bailiff stands, a statue grim Life balanced on a razor's rim The jury foreman's voice is dry He cannot look me in the eye He finds a spot upon the wall To fix his gaze before the fall (Chorus) A throat is cleared, a paper shakes For every soul the silence takes One single word is all it makes And in that breath, the whole world breaks It hangs there in the poisoned air, The Verdict A loaded gun, a whispered prayer, The Verdict The future dies without a sound My whole life's turning upside down (Bridge) The gavel cracks, a cannon shot To seal the truth, the lies, the rot It doesn't matter what I did or not Just the story that they bought A line is drawn, a book is closed The life I wanted, I supposed... Is just a ghost behind that word The ugliest I've ever heard (Outro) Guilty... The whisper turns into a roar Guilty... As they lead me from the courtroom door Guilty... I don't know who I am anymore Guilty... [Sound fades into muffled shouting and the heavy slam of a door]
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