On a brutal winter night
we stood bravely side by side
against snowballs launched our way

by the enemies of our kind

In a graveyard's mourning light

we both choked up, cried and cried
as the angels lifted him
on death's gloomy wings of flight


And you declared me dead, my brother
for the crime of being me

for all the faults I have
well, I still cannot believe


That you declared me dead, my brother
for the crime of being me
for all the faults I have

well, I still cannot believe

And my only wish for you, my brother

is someday you'll understand
how it feels to be a corpse
walking amongst your fellow man


In the haze of our carefree youth
we both wildly joked and joked

about wicked ironies
of the enemies of truth


Beside a pool so crystal blue
we both really hoped and hoped
that good luck would fill our lives

in everything we would pursue

But you declared me dead, my brother

for the crime of being me
for all the faults I have
well, I still cannot believe


That you declared me dead, my brother
for the crime of being me

for all the faults I have
well, I still cannot believe


And my only wish for you, my brother
is someday you' ll understand
how it feels to be a corpse

walking amongst your fellow man

How it feels to be a corpse

walking amongst your fellow man
how it feels to be a corpse
walking amongst your fellow man


And yet the pain has made me strong
I forgive you, you're my brother

I forgive you, you're my brother
I forgive you, you're my brother