The Line

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Here comes that feeling along a jagged nerve
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Voice on the scanner, yeah, here it comes
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Turn up the volume as they whisper, roll their eyes
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Don't mean jack shit 'cause I'm the only one
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Strange faces on the night beat, strange rumors on the street,
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Strange murder, strange motive... believe it, Kate
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Bullets tear into the night & disappear
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Too little, too late

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Do you ever give a thought
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When your battles have been fought
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To the bodies that lie scattered on the sidelines?
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That's someone's father, brother, daughter, wife --
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That's why I rise to the bait every time;
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And though I act so calm and cool
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When they've played me for their fool
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It's about to drive me out of my mind,
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'Cause I don't see the line between good and evil -
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I just see the mess you leave behind.

Once I had something that I could hold onto;
Wasn't much, but I knew what was right.
Revelation in a minor key
Invite them in: pay the price.
How many times do I have to reach out and grab hold of nothing?
One step forward; ground crumbles.
Lonely sunlight on a lonely grave -
Don't think I didn't see you watching from the shadows.

Do you ever give a thought
When your battles have been fought
To the bodies that lie scattered on the sidelines?
That's someone's father, brother, daughter, wife --
That's why I rise to the bait every time;
And though I act so calm and cool
When they've played me for their fool
It's about to drive me out of my mind,
'Cause I don't see the line between good and evil -
I just see the mess you leave behind.

No, I don't see the line between good and evil -
I just live the mess you leave 
				behind.