madelene

My name is Luka, I live on the second floor. I live upstairs from you.
Yes, I think you've seen me before. If you hear something late at night,
some kind of trouble or some kind of fight.. Just don't ask me what it was.

I think it's cause I'm clumsy. I try not to talk too loud.
Maybe it's because I'm crazy. I try not to act too proud.
They only hit until you cry and after that you don't ask why.
You just don't argue anymore. Yes, I think I'm okay.

I walked into the door again.. Well, if you ask that's what I'll say.
And it's not your business anyway. I guess I'd like to be alone.
With nothing broken, nothing thrown. Just don't ask me how I am.



"A few years ago, I used to see this group of children playing in from of my building, and there was one of them, whose name was Luka, who seemed a little bit distinctive from the other children. I always remembered his name, and I always remembered his face, and I didn't know much about him, but he just seemed set apart from these other children that I would see playing. And his character is what I based the song Luka on. In the song, the boy Luka is an abused child , in real life I don't think he was. I think he was just different".
From the Hamilton Police Child Abuse Section website