What would you do if you saw a runaway train (a runaway train)
You saw the train was heading for a town
Well you saw a hundred people in the pathway of the beast
But there wasn't any way to slow it down
And then you saw some levers you could play with (play with)
And playing meant you may divert the tracks
If throwing them aside would mean some other people died
Would you be comfortable with those facts
See it's a philosophical dilemma
And one that really drives you mad
'Cos when you save a hundred lives
By killing slightly fewer
Some might say that's neither wholly good nor bad
It's a conundrum for sure but consider
The poor demented sap whose job it is
Because nothing can compare
For the agony and torment
It seems that only psychopaths like this
When all is done except recriminations
For who can take the blame from on the spot
Can learned folk agree
Insanity's not guilty plea
But even then the water's very hot
See it's a philosophical dilemma
And one that really drives you mad
'Cos when you save a hundred lives
By killing slightly fewer
Some might say that's neither wholly good nor bad
See it's a philosophical dilemma
And one that really drives you mad
'Cos when you save a hundred lives
By killing slightly fewer
Some might say that's neither wholly good nor bad