things are quiet now, it was making me insane
do my best with the details, forget about my name
it was chance, i'm no man to be admired
i just took a stance, wouldn't say i was inspired
kept to myself in every situation prior
used to work with computers but was forced to retire
fled my homeland in a swift act of bravery
for now, we'll say the full story is escaping me ;]
either way it came to be
caught a plane to the states free, so it's plain to see
i don't need attention so i try to be neighborly
but this guy across the hall is making it hard
i hear dishes being broken, doors being slammed
the screams carry through the walls, the echoes expand
his wife and her son, and that half of a man
then there's me, feeling powerless, creating a plan
yo, i hear them talking
the voice in my heaad, is saying use caution
these walls are too thin, so i've got no other option
now i hear them yelling
fend for themselllves, well there's no telling
god help us, maybe i can help them
one day in the hallway, here's where the story's from
in a zone, sitting all alone is the son
a look of hope from the code that he talks about
i could tell that he knows that he's found his way out
we spent months online showing all the tricks i knew
from sql injection to overflows and root
and exploit development, encrypted tunnels too
the kid was a natural, he knew just what to do
the student passed the teacher, admiring his hacks
formed a common bond, he confided in our chats
he told me he would run if he had no other way
and that he got hit for anything, even bad grades
so he stayed, endured *things* people shouldn't
stayed safe in his brain with his bones beaten crooked _
no idea how he took it, and just played along
i'll always remember, their son's name was john
yo, i hear them talking
the voice in my heaad, is saying use caution
these walls are too thin, so i've got no other option
now i hear them screaming
continued in the morning what had started in the evening
everybody trapped, meaning nobody's leaving
now, on that day, there's no return from school
turn the tv on and there's john on the news
he and two friends got caught in their haste
to attack the school's database and get grades replaced
john's friends took their sentence from the state
but the judge thought he was lenient in giving john his fate
they gave him house arrest in the verdict that was published
but john was well aware of the extent that he'd be punished
his parents took custody, basically a curse
after that he disappeared, had me fearing for the worst
the father was the suspect, convicted in the end
saddened and assumed we'd never hear of john again
months turned to years and the odds grew further slim
then yesterday i got a note, i knew it was from him
the normal stack of mail but this one card differed
it had two words and they said, "thanks viktor"
yo, i hear them talking
the voice in my heaad, is saying use caution
these walls are too thin, so i've got no other option
now i'm hearing nothing
the burden of the silence and the memories it summons
another satellite liberated by a russian
please let me see you put your fist up
always fare well when determined not to give up
