Steve Petrinko - Innocent Lyrics

A young man stands with a number 'round his neck
There's a flash... a life paused in time
Captured with sighing eyes
Drowning in the reality of someone else's life

He's thrown away where he cannot be seen
But what he sees is beyond the horror of screams
For days, weeks, months, and years
He's surrounded by evil, a foulness undeserved, and fear

He waits and he prays, and he waits and he hopes
And the years peel off, but not a one of them fast
He cannot know how long it all will last
He waits and he prays, and he waits and he hopes
And the years peel off, but not a one of them fast
'Til much of his life has passed

An old man stands with a dream in his mind
Of forests, fields, friends, and love
Of being free to live his life
With his honor restored and his name made right

He knows he's never committed a crime
Paying the price while someone else lives his life
For days, weeks, months, and years
He holds on to his dream, he does not become what he's never been

He waits and he prays, and he waits and he hopes
And the years peel off, but not a one of them fast
He cannot know how long it all will last
He waits and he prays, and he waits and he hopes
And the years peel off, but not a one of them fast
'Til much of his life has passed

But then without warning it all comes to an end
His innocence comes to light
Into the world with nothing he is sent
Twisting the knife an article says
He'll now rest easy in his twilight 'til the end

He waits and he prays, and he waits and he hopes
And the years peel off, but not a one of them fast
He cannot know how long it all will last
He waits and he prays, and he waits and he hopes
And more years peel off, but not a one of them fast
Until his entire life has passed