If I could kill a word and watch it die, I'd poison it and shoot goodbye, and beat regret when I felt I had the nerve Yeah, I'd pound fear into a pile of sand, and choke lonely out with my bare hands, and I'd hang hate so that it can't be heard If I could only kill a word I'd take brokenness out back, and break heartbreak stand there and laugh right in its face, while shooting it to burn I'd put upset down in its place, I'd squeeze the life out of disgrace, lay over under six cold feet of dirt If I could only kill a word Get me sticks, get me stones, bend my body, break my bones, use stab and rod to turn me black and blue Cause you can't unhear, you can't unsay, but if it were up to me to change, I'd turn lies and hate to love and truth If I could only kill a word I'd knock out temptation's teeth, I'd sever evil, let it bleed, light up wicked, stand down, watch it burn I'd take vice, and I'd take vow, and tie them up there with high style, hang them high, and leave them for the birds If I could only kill a word Get me sticks, get me stones, bend my body, break my bones, use stab and rod to turn me black and blue Cause you can't unhear, you can't unsay, but if it were up to me to change, I'd turn lies and hate to love and truth If I could only kill a word If I could only kill a word