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My life is so empty, nothing to live for.
My mind is all confusion, 'cos I defied the law.
When you weren't there to help me, I lost my mind and ran.
I never had no trouble before this all began.

My life is so empty, nothing to live for.
My mind is all confusion, 'cos I defied the law.
When you weren't there to help me, I lost my mind and ran.
I never had no trouble before this all began.

I'm running away, no where to go.
I'm lost and tired and I just don't know. Yeah...
They say I killed a woman, they know it isn't true.
They're just trying to frame me, and all because of you. Yeah...

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numb On Jun 23, 2001

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by satanna

21y ago

abotu a man whos running from the law after being set up, quite like murders in the rue morgue if you think about it

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by IronBlackZepp

18y ago

Killers is very much like a concept album in my opinion. All of the songs seem to follow a story, and when I listion to in I seem to see that all of the songs are conected somehow. This song follows the story of Murders in the Rue Morgue.

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by komm

18y ago

great riffs/solo :D

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by RichardHarriis

17y ago

I love the bass into for this one, This song to me is a swan song for Di'anno, in a way he was innocently exiled from maiden because of his binge drinking/smoking problems. (which ultimately changed his voice compared to the first album). But as this is my favorite album of all time, I would have to say that he did his job in spades.

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by KustomCandy

17y ago

Could it be about Marhumid arlli? (spelling) Before he was committed of murder he was disdained by many Anglo people...

I like RichardHarrils theory too.

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