Last Act Of Defiance Lyrics - Singles - Exodus

"The Last Act of Defiance" by Exodus 

The second of February, 1980 

began three days of misery 

a scene of retaliation 

epitomizing violence, horror, and vindication 

Thieves, murderers, and rapists 

inundated their prison like homicidal sadists 

guards and convicts alike would pay the price 

to them the electric chair 

would look like paradise! 

only degradation, torture, and cremation would suffice! 

A sea of agony rolled in 

like the coming of the tide 

the more fortunate escaped the insanity 

through suicide 

the screams of the dying 

would haunt the living to the grave 

survivors of the riot 

relive the nightmare every day! 

The Last Act of Defiance! 

The Last Act of Defiance! 

With a never ending appetite 

barbituates set them off like dynamite 

eradicating informants 

acetylene torches dealt the punishment 

melted from skin to bone 

the fire silenced their screams to moans 

smoke filled the air from bodies set aflame 

begging for mercy, but their words 

were spoken in vain! 

They weren't allowed to perish until they cherished all the pain! 

A sea of agony rolled in 

like the coming of the tide 

the more fortunate escaped the insanity 

through suicide 

the screams of the dying 

would haunt the living to the grave 

survivors of the riot 

relive the nightmare every day! 

The Last Act of Defiance! 

The Last Act of Defiance! 

Guards they had taken hostage 

were to blame for pushing them over the edge 

their brutality would be their demise 

like sharks in a frenzy they lashed out at their prize 

when the madness had ended 

the gore was too intense to be comprehended 

no one explained the real reason why 

for cruelty of a few 

so many should die 

They knew of the flaws, but stll insist the cause 

was justified! 

A sea of agony rolled in 

like the coming of the tide 

the more fortunate escaped the insanity 

through suicide 

the screams of the dying 

would haunt the living to the grave 

survivors of the riot 

relive the nightmare every day! 

The Last Act of Defiance! 

The Last Act of Defiance!