Bullet of Redemption

That bullet of redemption

Didn't strike me well

Others are left bleeding

Other people fell

That little sphere of metal

Keeps barreling along

Spinning round the chamber

And triggering this song

You know it never quite got rid of you

I keep seeing you around

No one ever disappears

Not even when they're in the ground

That bullet of redemption

Didn't quite redeem

It doesn't really work that way

If you know what i mean

You know it moved at some velocity

Faster than the speed of sound

But just like buckshot

It scattered all around

We have to follow its trajectory

Like a poison dart

And it never stops moving

And now it's stuck inside my heart

Well i wish i'd known better

Instead of turning you away

I wish id said something

But there was nothing i could say

That bullet of redemption

You know it missed the mark

It might kill a person

But it can't kill their spark

Cos that's like an angel

Hovering around

Hanging on my shoulder

With a whispering sound

Weighing down my conscience

Like a piece of lead

Ripping through my cortex

And talking in my head

That bullet of redemption

Well you can hear the ricochet

Cos it never really vanishes

Just keeps blowin' me away