Burn The Evidence Lyrics

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Cover art for Burn The Evidence lyrics by Billy Talent

There's one man in the story (obviously) and he states he's 20, pretty young, he experiences a car accident.

(Hit the brakes, hit the glass, Time to shake the hands of fate The mistakes of the past, Flashed before his face)

This is his fate; (To realize that his life hasn't been lived to the fullest.)

(There is a man, intensive care.) (Luxury Sedan) He had a car accident.

(Burn the evidence) He's getting rid of his OLD life. He wants to become someone new.

He feels cheated out of life; his parents stuck him on the straight and narrow.

The end of the song says don't shake the hands of fate; (this is separate) as he's not suppose to die.

The song is simply about someone going through a traumatic experience and becoming someone better than he was.