Witness

Unspoken deeds repressed

And it pains me to admit

That I knew it

I had met the man I most despise

In this tepid hell of penetrating eyes

We both knew that something was amiss

When we encountered this

And fittingly, our protests were dismissed

A cynic's disavowal proved ruinous

When all is said and done

Here you can't trust anyone

And I would not have believed it

Had I not been there to see it

I'd not have heard the violence in her cries

I'd like to be in range to make him feel the heat of pain

To see up close the fear within his eyes

How can he live with himself

And carry such a weight?

It happened in a small town

In the United States

And I would not have believed it

Had I not been there to see it

I'd not have heard the violence in her cries

I'd like to be in range to make him feel the heat of pain

To see up close the fear within his eyes

How can he live with himself

And carry such a weight?

It happened in a small town

In the United States

And I would not have believed it

I would not have believed it

It happened in a small town

It happened in a small town

It happened in a small town

And it will again