《The Last Act of Defiance》歌词

[00:00:00] The Last Act of Defiance - Exodus

[00:00:01] The prison system

[00:00:03] Inherently unjust and inhumane

[00:00:07] Is the ultimate expression of injustice

[00:00:10] And inhumanity in the society at large

[00:00:14] Those of us on the outside do not like

[00:00:17] To think of wardens and guards

[00:00:20] As our surrogates yet they are

[00:00:24] And they are intimately

[00:00:25] Locked in a deadly embrace

[00:00:28] With their human captives

[00:00:31] Behind prison walls

[00:00:34] By extension so are we

[00:00:37] The terrible double

[00:00:39] Meaning is thus imparted

[00:00:40] To the original question of human ethics

[00:00:45] Am I my brother's keeper

[00:01:15] The second of February 1980

[00:01:16] Began three days of misery

[00:01:19] A scene of retaliation

[00:01:21] Epitomizing violence

[00:01:23] Horror and vindication

[00:01:24] Thieves murderers and rapists

[00:01:25] Inundated their prison

[00:01:26] Like homicidal sadists

[00:01:28] Guards and convicts alike

[00:01:29] Would pay the price

[00:01:30] To them the electric chair

[00:01:32] Would look like paradise

[00:01:35] Only degradation torture

[00:01:36] And cremation would suffice

[00:01:39] A sea of agony rolled in like

[00:01:41] The coming of the tide

[00:01:43] The more fortunate escaped

[00:01:45] The insanity through suicide

[00:01:48] The screams of the dying would

[00:01:49] Haunt the living to the grave

[00:01:52] Survivors of the riot relive

[00:01:53] The nightmare every day

[00:01:57] The last act of defiance

[00:02:06] With a never-ending appetite

[00:02:07] Barbiturates set them off like dynamite

[00:02:10] Eradicating informants

[00:02:12] Acetylene torches dealt the punishment

[00:02:14] Melted from skin to bone

[00:02:16] The fire silenced their screams to moans

[00:02:19] Smoke filled the air from bodies set aflame

[00:02:21] Begging for mercy

[00:02:22] But their words were spoken in vain

[00:02:25] They weren't allowed

[00:02:26] To perish until they cherished all the pain

[00:02:30] A sea of agony rolled in like

[00:02:32] The coming of the tide

[00:02:34] The more fortunate escaped

[00:02:36] The insanity through suicide

[00:02:39] The screams of the dying would

[00:02:40] Haunt the living to the grave

[00:02:43] Survivors of the riot relive

[00:02:44] The nightmare every day

[00:02:48] The last act of defiance

[00:02:52] The last act of defiance

[00:03:51] Guards they had taken hostage

[00:03:53] Were to blame for

[00:03:54] Pushing them over the edge

[00:03:56] Their brutality would be their demise

[00:03:58] Like sharks in a frenzy

[00:03:59] They lashed out at their prize

[00:04:00] When the madness had ended

[00:04:02] The gore was too

[00:04:03] Intense to be comprehended

[00:04:05] No one explained the real reason why

[00:04:07] For cruelty of a few so many should die

[00:04:11] They knew of the flaws

[00:04:12] But still insist the 'cause was justified

[00:04:15] A sea of agony rolled in like

[00:04:18] The coming of the tide

[00:04:20] The more fortunate escaped

[00:04:21] The insanity through suicide

[00:04:25] The screams of the dying would

[00:04:26] Haunt the living to the grave

[00:04:29] Survivors of the riot relive

[00:04:30] The nightmare every day

[00:04:34] The last act of defiance

[00:04:38] The last act of defiance