Officer Down Lyrics

Architects

They clench the fist of ordained might
From which side of the barbed wire
Do you want to see your life pass by?

In an ideal world
There'd be no need for law
No need for police
But in a society so sick
So obsessed with blind greed
Someone has to protect
The old and the weak

OFFICER DOWN
OFFICER DOWN
OFFICER DOWN

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

Who teaches the teachers?
Who makes laws for lawmakers?
When they read us our rights
What about human rights?

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?

In an ideal world
There'd be no need for law
No need for police
But in a society so sick
So obsessed with blind greed
Someone has to protect
The old and the weak