Murder in a Small Town

It would have been better to work everyday 'til your back hurts
Maybe it was better to live than hanging by the branches
It would have been better than "I know, I knew him well"
Maybe it was better than "I know, I knew too few"

We say a lot of stupid things about the crime news from small towns
She looked astonished, it's a bullshit that we say, we say, we say
A lot of silly things about a suicide in the forests
I've learned how to make a shield from the winter that wants me to freeze
As well as from the summer that wants me to show up

One day I've learnt how to be not happy anymore
The next day I've learnt how to be not drunk anymore
Because happy people often just can't be serious
And people who drink often just can't be drunk

We pretend to have a lead role in this life and death comedy
We play, we play, but we are nothing

I know, I know, I know, I knew him very well
I know, I know, I know, I know it very well
The most honest person that I've ever met
Was a killer and a sinner to the eye of the common man
One day, someday, I started to disappear
Someday, someway, I started to stop
Maybe it was even... it was better than live
I know, I know, I know, I know it very well