Officer Down

<br>When reason dies behind closed doors<br>Face down in a cell in a pool of piss<br>It`s time to fear what we should respect<br>It`s time to question cause and effect<br>Striking with impunity<br>Hiding behind flags of immunity<br><br>When corruption rears its ugly head<br>The force of law becomes a farce<br>Personal ambition usurps justice<br>The rich protected at the expense of the poor<br>Would you sit on the fence, take no chance?<br>As those batons fall, turn a blind eye<br><br>In an ideal world<br>There`d be no need for law<br>No need for police<br>But in a society so sick<br>So obsessed with blind greed<br>Someone has to protect<br>The old and the weak<br><br>Officer down<br><br>Can we really afford to be so selectively blind?<br>If we dig too deep what would we find?<br>At authority`s heart beats a dollar sign<br>Under such a regime we`re all doing time<br>Striking with impunity<br>Hiding behind flags of immunity<br><br>Never say, you weren`t warned<br>When they come to drag you away<br>To silence the dissident hiding in us all<br>They clench the fist of ordained might<br>From which side of the barbed wire<br>Do you want to see your life pass by?<br><br>When reason dies behind closed doors<br>Face down in a cell in a pool of piss<br>It`s time to fear what we should respect<br>It`s time to question<br>Cause and effect<br>Who teaches the teachers?<br>Who makes laws for lawmakers?<br>When they read us our rights<br>What about human rights?