There were balloons in the sky
When his last night arrived,
He was led to the chaplain of his crime.
They promised him not too much pain,
He begged for them to change,
But the judge declared he couldn't be saved.
So his legacy would be a space with a number
As sodium cyanide filled the chamber.
There were balloons in they sky
When he took his own life,
There was love but at school
For the one he longed to kiss
He cried tears as the fists beat him down,
Led him home to finally end it.
And as he lay asleep that night
Bigger word than love I can think of.
If there was, I would say it,
The note to his mother read,
Brushing it up against the leaves,
Something, something seemed to fit.
A hundred thousand red balloons he untied,
There were balloons in the sky
On the night she survived
As the groups marched through her hometown.
They all yelled patriotic,
And they sung for her to go home.
I was born and raised amongst you,
So not matter what you put me through,
Your love is hate but my love stays true.
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