Slamming the door

That echoes

Through the cell-block

Nothing can I see

Guilty until proven innocent

Never again to be free

Death row is like one bullet

In an empty gun

Pull the trigger

Hanging by a thread

So quiet

I hear my thoughts aloud

Hate getting stronger

It's been so long

Since I've heard

A human voice

Isolated

It's been years

Since I've seen

The light of day

Slightly demented

Memories die

Bad blood flows

The love of man is gone

Emptiness reminds you well

Of the things that must

Come to end

The tears I cry

The blood I bleed

The hell I feel

The hate within

I stand alone

Not always proud

But on my own

Nobody at my side

Silence so loud

I am innocent

I scream over and over

But no one hears me

I am the victim

Of a witch hunt

Oh God, help me

I fear the truth won't be found

Locked up key thrown away

I'll be dead before they discover

I've been accused falsely

Darkness, silence

My only friend

Solitary confinement

Is where I'll be until I'm dead

Memories die

Bad blood flows

The love of man is gone

Emptiness reminds you well

Of the things that must

Come to end

The tears I cry

The blood I bleed

The hell I feel

The hate within

I stand alone

Not always proud

But on my own

Nobody at my side

Silence so loud

Lady Justice

Can you help me

I am indigent

And can't pay your price

What about innocent

Until proven guilty

Or is it reserved for those

With money and might

Is being poor

Punishable by law

While the rich plead guilty

And go free

Only in the land

Of milk and honey

Can justice be sold

From sea to shining sea

Silence so loud