silver bullet

In the quiet town of Wellsville amidst a global pandemic
In this business in a small apartment
New York state police say six people tied a 23-year-old man
To a chair and beat him to death
Police say it was a brutal death that lasted over the course of a day
Police then found his body wrapped in a sheet and garbage bags
In the Genesee River

How can (how can)
You live with yourself when you took another life from the innocent?
(Life from the innocent)
How can (how can)
You sleep at night knowin’ you just took the boy’s last breath from him
Cold, sweat (sweat)
Steady your breathing
Just keep on repeating the last step
Forget (-get)
Everything that you did, your existence of regret (regret)

He was a hero in this town (this town)
Wore his soul hard on a damn string (on a damn string)
Scribble the faces of all of these people
‘Cause they won’t ever know a damn thing (know a damn thing)
What a shame (shame)
You had lots to offer to the world, you were more than just a name
This sort of thing (thing)
Doesn’t happen often ‘round here, but the story’s all the same, so

How can (how can)
You live with yourself when you took another life from the innocent?
(Life from the innocent)
How can (how can)
You sleep at night knowin’ you just took the boy’s last breath from him
Cold, sweat (sweat)
Steady your breathing
Just keep on repeating the last step
Forget (-get)
Everything that you did, your existence of regret (regret)

How can
You live with yourself when you took another life from the innocent?
How can
You sleep at night knowin’ you just took the boy’s last breath from him
Cold, sweat
Steady your breathing
Just keep on repeating the last step
Forget
Everything that you did, your existence of regret