Why does the victim feel the blame?
Knowing they’ve done nothing of shame
Look at a parent whose child as died
Admonishing themselves as the cried
They simply cannot understand
Fate’s cruel and random hand

Why does the victim feel the blame?
Knowing they’ve done nothing of shame
The mugged old man prone on the street
Struggling to rise to unsteady feet
Feeling the fault must lie within
That he’d caused the robber to sin

Why does the victim feel the blame?
Knowing they’ve done nothing of shame
The women attacked because of their sex
Uncaringly left to become nervous wrecks
Even accepting they’ve done no wrong
Emotional recovery still takes too long

Why does the victim feel the blame?
Knowing they’ve done nothing of shame
Could it be because they’re inherently good?
That they can’t blame the ones they should
You see, these can’t even comprehend
The evil that the world can send