Britt Ripowski

Written for my friend Britt who writes and writes and writes lines of nearly insensible words hoping to be understood. A man who entered death row sane and has since lost his mind as he awaits to die by lethal injection.

[Verse]
Locked away in shadows cast
Whispers haunt from his own past
Eyes once clear now see the blur
Echoes tremble without pure

[Verse 2]
Tapping code on iron steel
Dreams that shatter can't be real
Solitary cold and stark
Fades away into the dark

[Chorus]
Britt Ripowski lost his mind
Riddles echo down the line
Cages can't contain the screams
Gone away from waking dreams

[Verse 3]
Years of silence
Voice unheard
Mind unraveling
Blurred word
Walls collide with frantic fist
Insanity can't be dismissed

[Bridge]
Time has taken man to ghost
In the shadows he is lost
Screams against the empty hall
Madness takes its final call

[Chorus]
Britt Ripowski lost his mind
Riddles echo down the line
Cages can't contain the screams
Gone away from waking dreams