Sentenced

(I couldn't follow our distorted old rubric.)

I couldn't follow our distorted old rubric.

(I tried so hard to be the one who improves it,)

I tried so hard to be the one who improves it,

(but the harder I fought, the worse we got.)

but the harder I fought, the worse we got.

(I got lost and I let my morals get diluted.)

I got lost and I let my morals get diluted.

(A gavel strike can end a life,)

A gavel strike can end a life,

(but still my gavel falls like endless cannonballs.)

but still my gavel falls like endless cannonballs.

(The sounds echo back and haunt my dreams.)

The sounds echo back and haunt my dreams.

(They're taunting me, telling me that I'm the one who will be sentenced,)

They're taunting me, telling me that I'm the one who will be sentenced,

(sentenced today.)

sentenced today.

(How did my own code get so fragile and fluid?)

How did my own code get so fragile and fluid?

(Isn't it obvious that my conscience has bruises?)

Isn't it obvious that my conscience has bruises?

(I just wanna come clean, don't you see?)

I just wanna come clean, don't you see?

(My hands are tied by an institution in ruins.)

My hands are tied by an institution in ruins.

(All the weight on my shoulder)

All the weight on my shoulder

(replaced by monsters.)

replaced by monsters.

(The face in the mirror,)

The face in the mirror,

(I barely know her.)

I barely know her.

(I became a foot soldier who swings for the ones that hold power.)

I became a foot soldier who swings for the ones that hold power.

(A gavel strike can end a life,)

A gavel strike can end a life,

(but still my gavel falls like endless cannonballs.)

but still my gavel falls like endless cannonballs.

(The sounds echo back and haunt my dreams.)

The sounds echo back and haunt my dreams.

(They're taunting me, telling me that I'm the one who will be sentenced.)

They're taunting me, telling me that I'm the one who will be sentenced.

(Sentenced to a lifetime of nightmares.)

Sentenced to a lifetime of nightmares.

(Oo-oh, oo-oh.)

Oo-oh, oo-oh.

(In another life,)

In another life,

(I would pay the price)

I would pay the price

(of a million crimes)

of a million crimes

(until the end of time.)

until the end of time.