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It started out as a joke

About the price of a human life

Back in those days we were broke

We burst out laughing in the night

But sometimes the strangest idea keeps on growing in a tormented mind

Sometimes it just remains in the dark

Like a conscience slowly beating in the dark depths of the soul

The poison finally reaches the heart

Sometimes the strangest idea keeps on growing in a tormented mind

Sometimes it just remains in the dark like it wasn't there

Like a conscience slowly beating in the dark depths of the soul

The mortal poison eventually finds its way to the heart

I never returned to the place

Where we left Luke's remains

We stopped mentioning his name

'Cause we can't get rid of the shame

A victim had to be chosen

A decision to be made

No need for words to be spoken

Nor for doubt to be displayed

We knew there would be no turning back

We just had to stay on track

(We just had to stay on track)

But when came the time for us to act

We knew Luke would break the pact

Yes, we knew that for a fact

I never returned to the place

Where we left Luke's remains

We stopped mentioning his name

But we can't get rid of the shame

I never returned to the place

Where we left Luke's remains

We stopped mentioning his name

'Cause we can't get rid of the shame

Sometimes the strangest idea keeps on growing in a tormented mind

Sometimes it just remains in the dark like it wasn't there

Like a conscience slowly beating in the dark depths of the soul

The mortal poison eventually finds its way to the heart

I never returned to the place

Where we left Luke's remains

We stopped mentioning his name

'Cause we can't get rid of the shame