Officer Down Lyrics - Singles - Stampin' Ground

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 

Striking with impunity 

Hiding behind flags of immunity 

When corruption rears its ugly head 

The force of law becomes a farce 

Personal ambition usurps justice 

The rich protected at the expense of the poor 

Would you sit on the fence, take no chance? 

As those batons fall, turn a blind eye 

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 

Can we really afford to be so selectively blind? 

If we dig too deep what would we find? 

At authority's heart beats a dollar sign 

Under such a regime we're all doing time 

Striking with impunity 

Hiding behind flags of immunity 

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? 

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?