Solo - Can't Look Away lyrics

[Verse 1] We start at the end With the dull echo of the very last steps of a man condemned He spent his last night in a cell with a prayer on his lips like a sad lament Unsure if anybody heard him murmur what he said But he hopes somebody was listening as he asked to repent Dishonoured guest in the d**h day suit they gave him Doesn't fit but still they made him Wear it while they prepared him for this solemn occasion As ashamed as he is of the sins he's committed It still hurts to admit that he's been forsaken in final paces on his way to meet his maker Now he takes centre stage to a standing ovation Tall shadows make patterns in the torch light On the crowds angry faces Crying out to be entertained Now they're calling for his blood Looking down on he who's been judged That they can feel that they're above Now he feels the cold embrace, of the noose around his neck Looks to the clouds hanging over his head And they watch his body drop hats on hearts or at least over their chest In a strange mark of respect, like he's already dead We start at the end [Hook] Let it ring from the steps of the courthouse Verdicts been brought down These are the people we were warned 'bout Look away, no I can't look away No I can't look away, no I can't look away Let it splash in the headlines, praised or demonised It's up to us, we will be the ones who will decide Look away, no I can't look away No I can't look away, no I can't look away [Verse 2] We start at the end No details spared as it's shared inside of a ten page spread Whether to be for or against Well I guess that it all depends Better not make it too complex Let us be united in our contempt Heroes and villains, perps and victims Given to us to a**ess Special ops raided compound Chopper takes off Bodies drop in the dead of night We decide what real and what's made up When we wake up to read the headlines See it printed in ink wet like fresh blood on the page A notice posted to the whole world that this is the judgment we made Becoming of age And I'm much the same theres so many others out there In the global village we live in and this right here is the new town square I can't pretend that I'm above it cause I can't look away Like the rest, shaking my head Cause we ain't past this yet [Hook] Let it ring from the steps of the courthouse Verdicts been brought down These are the people we were warned 'bout Look away, no I can't look away No I can't look away, no I can't look away Let it splash in the headlines, praised or demonised It's up to us, we will be the ones who will decide Look away, no I can't look away No I can't look away, no I can't look away Let it ring from the steps of the courthouse Verdicts been brought down These are the people we were warned 'bout Look away, no I can't look away No I can't look away, no I can't look away Let it splash in the headlines, praised or demonised It's up to us, we will be the ones who will decide Look away, no I can't look away No I can't look away, no I can't look away