COUPLET 1
Way too late at night
To cross this side of town.
Wrong path, wrong time,
Silly way to lose your life.
Too drunk to think straight,
Too stunned to realize.
Their hands looked so strong,
Their knives looked so sharp.
Once the light goes out,
The world turns a blind eye
To the midnight streets
And to their petty crimes.
PRÉ-REFRAIN
Feels like I did it,
Feels like my own fingers
Held the knife, grabbed you and
Stabbed you and slaughtered you…
The coin burns my palm,
My guilty palm,
My bloody palm,
My helpless palm.
REFRAIN
Run away, you coward,
Run away, you traitor,
Run, you lousy brother,
Leaving Miles to die.
Run away you coward,
Run away you traitor,
Run away you lousy brother,
Leaving Miles to die.
Run, Run, Run
COUPLET 2
The bridge was empty,
The silence was loud.
I didn’t mean to run,
Seek shelter in the night,
But the coward rose in me
And he was terrified.
When I came back in shame,
They’d thrown you in the river,
Leaving you to drown,
Leaving you to die.
PRÉ-REFRAIN
Still feels like I did it,
Feels like my own fingers
Held the knife, grabbed you and
Stabbed you and slaughtered you…
The coin burns my palm,
My guilty palm,
My bloody palm,
My helpless palm.
REFRAIN
Run away, you coward,
Run away, you traitor,
Run, you lousy brother,
Leaving Miles to die.
Run away you coward,
Run away you traitor,
Run away you lousy brother,
Leaving Miles to die.
Run, Run, Run
PONT
They shed your blood for nothing,
Just a handful of change
And a cheap thrill of power.
COUPLET 3
The one who stays alive
Carries the one who died.
Forever his burden,
Forever his crime.
The voice that speaks at night
Is neither yours nor mine:
A web of lies and hopes,
My own guilt in disguise.
DEMI PRÉ-REFRAIN
The coin burns my palm,
My guilty palm,
My bloody palm,
My helpless palm.
DOUBLE REFRAIN
Run away, you coward,
Run away, you traitor,
Run, you lousy brother,
Leaving Miles to die.
Run away you coward,
Run away you traitor,
Run away you lousy brother,
Leaving Miles to die.
Run, Run, Run
