If you wish to learn more about the origins of this song, you can read my earlier post here where I explain everything.
I’m still tinkering with this song but this is closer to my original vision. I hope you enjoy.
Lyrics are post below…
Thanks for reading/listening
Pete Brennan (Music)
[The Common Centrist]
‘Criminal’ (Lyrics)
Do you know what it feels like…
to have a demon in your head?
Feeding the monster,
he won’t stop ‘til I am dead
Secrets of dirty minds.
What goes on behind the eyes…
will never be enough to damn my soul
I’m not a criminal (mmmmmm)
I’m not a criminal (mmmmmm)
The hangman is calling,
In the dark & dead of night.
Says pray for forgiveness
& by the dawn you’ll see the light
They all got it in for me,
say God is my enemy
And I’m running from the rope around my throat…
I’m not a criminal (mmmmmm)
I’m not a criminal (mmmmmm)
The price now on my head,
For the thoughts that hide within.
The ‘pure’ would see me dead,
As a penance for my sins.
Feeling their eyes on me,
I know what they think of me
Just a child lost to charlatans and wolves…
I’m not a criminal (mmmmmm)
I’m not a criminal (mmmmmm)
The gallows are calling,
Dead man walking to his fate
The rope around my neck,
Sewn by superstitious hate
But crime ain’t the same as sin…
Like blood ain’t the same as kin
And no sacrament could ever cleanse my soul…
I’m not a criminal (mmmmmm)
I’m not a criminal (mmmmmm)
