our memories will never go

Two and a half weeks ago a 17 year old gunman killed 15 in a shooting spree in Winnenden/Germany. Surrounded by the police he later also killed himself. There were rumours that he had announced the killing spree on an internet board. The announcement turned out to be a hoax, but the proof for this was also faked - so one might never know. In my song I address the gunman:

our memories will never go

did you think that you lived in a computer game
did you think that it wouldn't hurt
that there'd be a chance to revert
or was it just that you would come to fame

shooting kids in their heads - would you gather points
to reach a new level of play
the higher the more you would slay
is that what you'd learned in the gaming scene's joints

I'm afraid, we'll never know
that the truth will never show
and our memories will never go
away

while spilling brain matter, while steppin' in blood
what had gone on in your mind
had you been dumb, deaf, and blind
or were you proud of yourself and felt like a stud

I'm afraid, we'll never know
that the truth will never show
and our memories will never go
away

I checked the board that you were said to have used
for announcing your shooting spree
I was appalled by what I would see
stumblin' over that Nazi bullshit it oozed

If I shed a tear
I won't shed it for you
although I'm tryin' to understand
what you had been up to

I'm afraid, we'll never know
that the truth will never show
and our memories will never go
away