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 They say there was progress 
The holy among us 
I thought they would lead us through the night 
But fear has consumed us 
A feeling we can't trust 
I hope this will open up their eyes. 
Stand up before it gets too late 
Love now when all is done to hate. 
So I stare at the sun 
And I can't take back 
I can't take back the world 
And I stare at the sun 
And it burns my heart 
As I cry I am left with the lie of all of these forgotten ones 
And we can't take back just what we did 
And we can't take back the things we said 
But I'll try to change this world again 
Before we lose our hope. 
Feel like a dead man walking 
A dead man walking 
I'm a dead man walking 
A dead man walking. 
You thought you could hold me 
You thought this would show me 
That we will live eternal nights 
But I can't be bought, no... 
I won't be taught, no... 
I have no faith to run back to. 
Please try before it gets too late 
We can choose to end this fate. 
So I stare at the sun 
And I can't take back 
I can't take back the world 
And I stare at the sun 
And it burns my heart 
As I cry I am left with the lie of all of these forgotten ones 
And we can't take back just what we did 
And we can't take back the things we said 
But I'll try to change this world again 
Before we lose our hope. 
Feel like a dead man walking 
A dead man walking 
I'm a dead man walking 
A dead man walking. 
Don't smile at me with your sideways 
Two-faced enemy to criticize he said she said 
All these years are left for dead 
How can we live our lives? 
How can we live our lives now? 
This is oppression 
And where's your goddamn king? 
What's missing? 
(What's missing?) 
And if you're fed up then rise out from the dirt 
Will the fight that we once had retreat? 
Just a hole where your heart used to be. 
The nation fades away and the aftertaste is bitter 
Will the ghost that haunts stand for this song? 
We have nothing for this pain, ignorance to true gain 
We can run away and build a wall of isolation, desperation. 
But they won't be there to answer the call 
Who is left now to catch your fall 
They won't be there, they won't be there 
They won't be there, they won't be there. 
We're drowning, we're drowning 
And I'll be the constant reminder of what life should have been 
We're drowning, we're drowning 
I feel alone living in a nightmare 
Feel like a dead man walking 
I'm a dead man walking 
I'm a dead man walking 
I'm a dead man walking. 
So I stare at the sun 
And I can't take back 
I can't take back the world 
And I stare at the sun 
And it burns my heart 
As I cry I am left with the lie of all of these forgotten ones 
And we can't take back just what we did 
And we can't take back the things we said 
But I'll try to change this world again 
Before we lose our hope. 
Feel like a dead man walking 
A dead man walking 
I'm a dead man walking 
A dead man walking. 
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