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  • 作词 : Exodus
    The prison system
    Inherently unjust and inhumane
    Is the ultimate expression of injustice
    And inhumanity in the society at large
    Those of us on the outside do not like
    To think of wardens and guards
    As our surrogates yet they are
    And they are intimately
    Locked in a deadly embrace
    With their human captives
    Behind prison walls
    By extension so are we
    The terrible double
    Meaning is thus imparted
    To the original question of human ethics
    Am I my brother's keeper
    The second of February 1980
    Began three days of misery
    A scene of retaliation
    Epitomizing violence
    Horror and vindication
    Thieves murderers and rapists
    Inundated their prison
    Like homicidal sadists
    Guards and convicts alike
    Would pay the price
    To them the electric chair
    Would look like paradise
    Only degradation torture
    And cremation would suffice
    A sea of agony rolled in like
    The coming of the tide
    The more fortunate escaped
    The insanity through suicide
    The screams of the dying would
    Haunt the living to the grave
    Survivors of the riot relive
    The nightmare every day
    The last act of defiance
    With a never-ending appetite
    Barbiturates set them off like dynamite
    Eradicating informants
    Acetylene torches dealt the punishment
    Melted from skin to bone
    The fire silenced their screams to moans
    Smoke filled the air from bodies set aflame
    Begging for mercy
    But their words were spoken in vain
    They weren't allowed
    To perish until they cherished all the pain
    A sea of agony rolled in like
    The coming of the tide
    The more fortunate escaped
    The insanity through suicide
    The screams of the dying would
    Haunt the living to the grave
    Survivors of the riot relive
    The nightmare every day
    The last act of defiance
    The last act of defiance
    Guards they had taken hostage
    Were to blame for
    Pushing them over the edge
    Their brutality would be their demise
    Like sharks in a frenzy
    They lashed out at their prize
    When the madness had ended
    The gore was too
    Intense to be comprehended
    No one explained the real reason why
    For cruelty of a few so many should die
    They knew of the flaws
    But still insist the 'cause was justified
    A sea of agony rolled in like
    The coming of the tide
    The more fortunate escaped
    The insanity through suicide
    The screams of the dying would
    Haunt the living to the grave
    Survivors of the riot relive
    The nightmare every day
    The last act of defiance
    The last act of defiance
  • [00:00.000] 作词 : Exodus
    [00:01.483]The prison system
    [00:03.793]Inherently unjust and inhumane
    [00:07.343]Is the ultimate expression of injustice
    [00:10.153]And inhumanity in the society at large
    [00:14.682]Those of us on the outside do not like
    [00:17.621]To think of wardens and guards
    [00:20.230]As our surrogates yet they are
    [00:24.630]And they are intimately
    [00:25.589]Locked in a deadly embrace
    [00:28.999]With their human captives
    [00:31.458]Behind prison walls
    [00:34.308]By extension so are we
    [00:37.938]The terrible double
    [00:39.58]Meaning is thus imparted
    [00:40.737]To the original question of human ethics
    [00:45.187]Am I my brother's keeper
    [01:15.137]The second of February 1980
    [01:16.876]Began three days of misery
    [01:19.156]A scene of retaliation
    [01:21.645]Epitomizing violence
    [01:23.134]Horror and vindication
    [01:24.413]Thieves murderers and rapists
    [01:25.263]Inundated their prison
    [01:26.543]Like homicidal sadists
    [01:28.252]Guards and convicts alike
    [01:29.392]Would pay the price
    [01:30.232]To them the electric chair
    [01:32.31]Would look like paradise
    [01:35.11]Only degradation torture
    [01:36.140]And cremation would suffice
    [01:39.40]A sea of agony rolled in like
    [01:41.49]The coming of the tide
    [01:43.789]The more fortunate escaped
    [01:45.168]The insanity through suicide
    [01:48.248]The screams of the dying would
    [01:49.378]Haunt the living to the grave
    [01:52.588]Survivors of the riot relive
    [01:53.718]The nightmare every day
    [01:57.128]The last act of defiance
    [02:06.118]With a never-ending appetite
    [02:07.748]Barbiturates set them off like dynamite
    [02:10.138]Eradicating informants
    [02:12.578]Acetylene torches dealt the punishment
    [02:14.848]Melted from skin to bone
    [02:16.858]The fire silenced their screams to moans
    [02:19.58]Smoke filled the air from bodies set aflame
    [02:21.597]Begging for mercy
    [02:22.227]But their words were spoken in vain
    [02:25.967]They weren't allowed
    [02:26.526]To perish until they cherished all the pain
    [02:30.126]A sea of agony rolled in like
    [02:32.525]The coming of the tide
    [02:34.515]The more fortunate escaped
    [02:36.15]The insanity through suicide
    [02:39.345]The screams of the dying would
    [02:40.595]Haunt the living to the grave
    [02:43.725]Survivors of the riot relive
    [02:44.805]The nightmare every day
    [02:48.324]The last act of defiance
    [02:52.644]The last act of defiance
    [03:51.947]Guards they had taken hostage
    [03:53.777]Were to blame for
    [03:54.557]Pushing them over the edge
    [03:56.57]Their brutality would be their demise
    [03:58.147]Like sharks in a frenzy
    [03:59.237]They lashed out at their prize
    [04:00.757]When the madness had ended
    [04:02.517]The gore was too
    [04:03.557]Intense to be comprehended
    [04:05.217]No one explained the real reason why
    [04:07.175]For cruelty of a few so many should die
    [04:11.794]They knew of the flaws
    [04:12.744]But still insist the 'cause was justified
    [04:15.894]A sea of agony rolled in like
    [04:18.464]The coming of the tide
    [04:20.724]The more fortunate escaped
    [04:21.913]The insanity through suicide
    [04:25.192]The screams of the dying would
    [04:26.332]Haunt the living to the grave
    [04:29.572]Survivors of the riot relive
    [04:30.692]The nightmare every day
    [04:34.311]The last act of defiance
    [04:38.410]The last act of defiance