Innocence

Album: Asylum (2010)
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  • Who is innocent?
    No one is innocent?
    Who is innocent?

    Who is innocent?
    No one is innocent?
    Who is innocent?

    Who is innocent?
    Is it relevant in the world today?
    I shake my head in disbelief

    The killer walks again
    Freed by evil men
    And their dark charade
    This can't be happening

    A mother's selfish pride
    Her child's homicide
    Can she be to blame?
    The suited vulture's circling

    A father's cruelty
    A murdered family
    Is the world insane?
    They're defender's ready to
    Embrace their lies
    And their devious smiles

    Your corruption is like a cancer growing inside
    You owe the world an apology
    You've been taught all your life
    That truth is easy to hide
    You face your judgment another day
    And suffer eternally

    Who is innocent?
    No one is innocent?
    Who is innocent?

    Presumed innocence
    Justice fails again
    In the masquerade
    A battered woman trembling

    Her lover drunk again
    When will the torture end
    In the web of shame?
    Is death the only way?

    A child victimized
    The crime politicized
    For the councilor's gain
    The rabid media congregates

    His tortured memories
    The pervert's fantasies
    Is the world insane?
    A parasitic devastation seen
    On your T-V screen

    Your corruption is like a cancer growing inside
    You owe the world an apology
    You've been taught all your life
    That truth is easy to hide
    You face your judgment another day
    And suffer eternally

    False defender, burn forever
    False defender, burn forever
    Cold and spineless, have you no soul?
    Wicked-minded, out of control
    And guided by their hunger
    They will find new ways to betray us

    Your corruption is like a cancer growing inside
    You owe the world an apology

    You've been taught all your life
    That truth is easy to hide
    You face your judgment another day
    And suffer eternally

    Who is innocent?
    Is it relevant in the world today?
    I shake my head in disbelief
    Presumed innocent
    Justice fails again
    In the masquerade
    Has the whole world become insane? Writer/s: DAN DONEGAN, DAVID DRAIMAN, MICHAEL WENGREN, MIKE WENGREN
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Zero from Nowhere, NjSimilar theme to "...And Justice For All" by Metallica. Great Song.
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