I mixed the X-rays up
The cancer stayed unseen
Cold bucket on my head
Woke chained to a machine
Too late to pay in blood
Steel teeth across my skin
Mercy sewed my back together
The needle drew me in
Honest mistakes
We built the machine
Mentor and apprentice
Called the killing clean
Now I avenge where he led
Now I speak for the dead
My hands were put to work
Steel jaws that tear apart
Before the others came
I gave the gears my heart
A needle closed the wound
Cold steel became my trade
He gave me back my life
I paid in traps I made
Honest mistakes
We built the machine
Mentor and apprentice
Called the killing clean
Now I avenge where he led
Now I speak for the dead
One shell could set them free
One takes the gun instead
The shot comes screaming backward
The one who aims lies dead
Two keys break in the blast
The chance to leave has passed
I fall. You think I’m dead
Your bribes spill out instead
Each word you said, on file
I rise to end your trial
Your collar lights the room
I leave you in its bloom
Honest mistakes
We built the machine
Mentor and apprentice
Called the killing clean
Now I avenge where he led
Now I speak for the dead