Dual Core - Hear Them Talking lyrics

Yo, I hear them talking
Yo, I hear them talking
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
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 head, is saying use caution
These walls are too thin
They leave me no option
Now I hear them yelling
Fend for themselves, 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 roots
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
He endured things people shouldn't
Stayed safe in his brain with
His bones beaten crooked
No idea how he took it
And he just played along
I'll always remember
Their son's name was John

Yo, I hear them talking
The voice in my head, is saying use caution
These walls are too thin
They leave me no 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
Up 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 head is saying use caution
These walls are too thin
They leave me no option
Now I'm hearing nothing
The burden of the silence and
The memories it summons
Another satellite liberated by a Russian

If you ever ask why if you never say die
Please let me see you put your fist up
When determined not to give up
I gotta make them proud
Out when I'm waving to the crowd
Let me hear you say it now
Please let me see you put your fist up
Always farewell when determined not
To give up