Exodus - The Last Act of Defiance

[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:01.48]The prison system [00:03.79]Inherently unjust and inhumane [00:07.34]Is the ultimate expression of injustice [00:10.15]And inhumanity in the society at large [00:14.68]Those of us on the outside do not like [00:17.62]To think of wardens and guards [00:20.23]As our surrogates  yet they are [00:24.63]And they are intimately [00:25.58]Locked in a deadly embrace [00:28.99]With their human captives [00:31.45]Behind prison walls [00:34.30]By extension  so are we [00:37.93]The terrible double [00:39.05]Meaning is thus imparted [00:40.73]To the original question of human ethics [00:45.18]Am I my brother's keeper [01:15.13]The second of February  1980 [01:16.87]Began three days of misery [01:19.15]A scene of retaliation [01:21.64]Epitomizing violence [01:23.13]Horror  and vindication [01:24.41]Thieves  murderers  and rapists [01:25.26]Inundated their prison [01:26.54]Like homicidal sadists [01:28.25]Guards and convicts alike [01:29.39]Would pay the price [01:30.23]To them the electric chair [01:32.03]Would look like paradise [01:35.01]Only degradation  torture [01:36.14]And cremation would suffice [01:39.04]A sea of agony rolled in like [01:41.04]The coming of the tide [01:43.78]The more fortunate escaped [01:45.16]The insanity through suicide [01:48.24]The screams of the dying would [01:49.37]Haunt the living to the grave [01:52.58]Survivors of the riot relive [01:53.71]The nightmare every day [01:57.12]The last act of defiance [02:06.11]With a never-ending appetite [02:07.74]Barbiturates set them off like dynamite [02:10.13]Eradicating informants [02:12.57]Acetylene torches dealt the punishment [02:14.84]Melted from skin to bone [02:16.85]The fire silenced their screams to moans [02:19.05]Smoke filled the air from bodies set aflame [02:21.59]Begging for mercy [02:22.22]But their words were spoken in vain [02:25.96]They weren't allowed [02:26.52]To perish until they cherished all the pain [02:30.12]A sea of agony rolled in like [02:32.52]The coming of the tide [02:34.51]The more fortunate escaped [02:36.01]The insanity through suicide [02:39.34]The screams of the dying would [02:40.59]Haunt the living to the grave [02:43.72]Survivors of the riot relive [02:44.80]The nightmare every day [02:48.32]The last act of defiance [02:52.64]The last act of defiance [03:51.94]Guards they had taken hostage [03:53.77]Were to blame for [03:54.55]Pushing them over the edge [03:56.05]Their brutality would be their demise [03:58.14]Like sharks in a frenzy [03:59.23]They lashed out at their prize [04:00.75]When the madness had ended [04:02.51]The gore was too [04:03.55]Intense to be comprehended [04:05.21]No one explained the real reason why [04:07.17]For cruelty of a few  so many should die [04:11.79]They knew of the flaws [04:12.74]But still insist the 'cause was justified [04:15.89]A sea of agony rolled in like [04:18.46]The coming of the tide [04:20.72]The more fortunate escaped [04:21.91]The insanity through suicide [04:25.19]The screams of the dying would [04:26.33]Haunt the living to the grave [04:29.57]Survivors of the riot relive [04:30.69]The nightmare every day [04:34.31]The last act of defiance [04:38.41]The last act of defiance