officer down

Singer:architects

oh

yeah!

oh. when reason dies behind closed doors

face down in a cell in a pool of piss

it's time to fear what we should respect

it's time to question cause and effect

striking with impunity

hiding behind flags of immunity

striking with impunity

yeah

when corruption rears its ugly head

the force of law becomes a farce

personal ambition usurps justice

the rich protected at the expense of the poor

would you sit on the fence

take no chance?

as those batons fall

turn a blind eye

in an ideal world

there'd be no need for law

no need for police

but in a society so sick

so obsessed with blind greed

someone has to protect

the old and the weak

officer down!

officer down!

officer down!

can we really afford to be so selectively blind?

if we dig too deep what would we find?

at authority's heart beats a dollar sign

under such a regime we're all doing time

striking with impunity

hiding behind flags of immunity

striking with impunity

never say

you weren't warned

when they come to drag you away

to silence the dissident hiding in us all

they clench the fist of ordained might

from which side of the barbed wire

do you want to see your life pass by?

in an ideal world

there'd be no need for law

no need for police

but in a society so sick

so obsessed with blind greed

someone has to protect

the old and the weak

officer down!

officer down!

officer down!

yeah. when reason dies behind closed doors

face down in a cell in a pool of piss

it's time to fear what we should respect

it's time to question cause and effect!

who teaches the teachers?

who makes laws for lawmakers?

when they read us our rights

what about human rights?

yeah. never say

you weren't warned

when they come to drag you away

to silence the dissident hiding in us all

they clench the fist of ordained might

from which side of the barbed wire

do you want to see your life pass by?

in an ideal world

there'd be no need for law

no need for police

but in a society so sick

so obsessed with blind greed

someone has to protect

the old and the weak

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