Hostage - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Culture hostage, I'm writhing

In the cold grasp of justice

As she turns away, she turns away

Blind is she supposed to be

But someone took a razor to her mask

Rusted now the scales you hold

The balance tipped by the weight of gold

When will it end?

When will it ever end?

The judgment man holds my fate

As I beg forgiveness with the plastic smile of a candidate

They take for granted that I'm out of my mind and I'm wasting their time to care

So all my reasons are damned before they're heard

I'm held hostage by their words

What will lead us to tolerance

Don't we question our prejudice?

Courage is such a lonely word

Patience, in time these truths will be known

Please, don't keep looking away

You see fortunes are on line, reputations at risk

And there's fear in the hearts of all of you that believe that you're right

And that's your right

But are you right?

The judgment man holds my fate

As I gaze around the room

Their eyes are like knives, could decapitate

They take for granted that I'm out of my mind and I'm wasting their time

Don't show, don't show me my fate (Reasons are damned, can't understand)

If I fall to pieces they'll know (He's out of his mind and he's wasting our time, we know)

As I sense my fate (His reasons be damned, can't understand him)

And now all my reasons are damned before they're heard

I'm held hostage by their words

Reasons damned before they're heard

I'm held hostage by their words

Reasons damned before they're heard

I'm a hostage

"Guilty, guilty, guilty!"

"Order, order

We will have order in the court"