Portrait Of Authority Lyrics - Bad Religion

Nothing more, nothing less 

An icon on the wall, decoration and duress 

That which many strive to be 

It's the marble statue staring over me 

And nobody has the will to tear it down 

It determines wrong and right 

But to me it's just a stereotype 

And it makes us lose our sight 

The portrait of authority 

You tell me that's what I'm supposed to be 

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Another time, another man 

An oppressive intrusion, a plague across his land 

And it haunts him every day 

It tells him that he has no chance, his hopes just fade away 

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And he lives his life prepared to tear it down 

But he can't muster the support 

And to him it's just a stereotype 

Of his life long fight 

The portrait of authority 

It embodies what he cannot be