Pull the curtain, Dim the lights

And set the scene to kill tonight

Because we can't trust the men in blue

They swear to God they told the truth



I am making fires now for you

Holding up the light to see the truth

This time we will stand and make it through



The state was pulling strings today

Pressing flesh to make him pay

Dead man walking paralyzed

By greedy hearts and dirty eyes



I am making fires now for you

Holding up the light to see the truth

This time we will stand and make it through



Be terrified by all the things we know

Because if innocence is ordinary

There are places I don't want to go



The show is over, time to leave

A job well done, an hour to grieve

They're sorry if he's not the one

They had to kill somebodys son



I am making fires now for you

Holding up the light to see the truth

This time we will stand and make it through