The Last Act of Defiance-Exodus

[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