Nick Soma - Never Knew the Guy

Kevin was born in the middle of nowhere
In the year of 1979
His life would soon get worse
Although at first it was all fine.
Kevin's mother was protective,
Shielded him from all that's wrong.
His stepfather was difficult,
They couldn't get along.
His real father fathered him,
Then soon went off to die
When Kevin was one year of age,
He never knew the guy.

Never knew the guy,
He'll keep on asking why
Life was so unfair, and no one seemed to care
Never knew the guy
Sucks when you're supposed to have a father but you
Never knew the guy

Growing up, his stepdad beat him,
Treated him like dirt
At sixteen years, he got a job
Escaped the pain and hurt
Playing the piano
Was the only joy he had
Whenever he played it,
Things would not seem quite so bad
But someone crashed into him
Riding on the bike at night
Left his left hand crippled
And he never knew the guy

Never knew the guy,
Who destroyed his life,
He couldn't play the same, who was there to blame?
Never knew the guy.
Sucks when all your dreams are smashed by hit and run, he never knew the guy.

He moved away to a new town
To live a quiet life
Still something raged inside of him,
Cutting like a knife
He had a boring office job,
A house and garden too.
Nobody would have guessed
The thing one sunny day he'd do.
Frustration piled up high inside,
He saw him passing by
He chose a random victim
He never knew the guy

Never knew the guy,
Hit him in the eye
Shot him in the head
Left him lying dead
Never knew the guy.
Some unlucky person in the wrong place at the wrong time had to die.

Just a few weeks later
Silently he hanged himself inside his cell
Few came to his funeral, as nobody had known him quite so well
Kevin Browne died at the age of 32 and left just tales to tell
"Good riddance" all the neighbors say, "I hope that horrid man now burns in hell"

Though they never knew the guy,
They keep asking why
"He was so polite,
Something wasn't right
There's no reason why
We thought he was harmless, didn't see the monster, never knew the guy"

Sucks to think maybe you could have done something
But then again
You never ever really knew the guy