Officer Down

Lyrics

[Intro] Oh, yeah Oh [Verse 1] 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, blegh Yeah [Verse 2] When corruption rears its ugly head The force of the 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 [Chorus] In an ideal world There'd be no need for the law, no need for police But in a society so sick, so obsessed with greed Someone has to protect the old and the weak [Post-Chorus] Officer down Officer down Officer down [Verse 3] Ah, 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, ah Yeah [Refrain] 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? [Chorus] In an ideal world There'd be no need for the law, no need for police But in a society so sick, so obsessed with greed Someone has to protect the old and the weak [Post-Chorus] Officer down Officer down Officer down [Bridge] 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, yeah Who teaches the teachers? Who makes laws for lawmakers? When they read us our rights What about human rights? [Interlude] Yeah Blegh [Refrain] 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? [Chorus] In an ideal world There'd be no need for the law, no need for police But in a society so sick, so obsessed with greed Someone has to protect the old and the weak