The Lock Down Denial

(album: Rotation - 2008)

Slightly bruised and a little bit used
I never thought they'd be so amused
Brother's bond broken by the bailiff
For the first time

Prison blues, gotta pay my dues
Now I know I'll never be refused

If I, If I, If I die inside
Would anyone realize?
If I, If I, If I die inside
Would anyone realize?
I lived a lie

Chains and stripes
I ain't gonna sleep tonight
This is no way for a man to live his life
Paranoid on the prison-yard pavement
For the first time

So I serve time for my addiction
I pay the price for my affliction
The judge took my life with his conviction
For the last time

Lights out, lock down, don't make a sound
Lights out, lock down

If I, If I, If I die inside
Would anyone realize? (Would anyone realize?)
If I, If I, If I deny the crime
Would I, would I, serve the time?
I lived a lie

Someone's behind the drum set in my head
Thumping a different beat myself to the sound of the walking dead
Rinse and repeat
Someone's behind the drum set in my head, in my head, head

If I, If I, If I die
(yeah)
If I, If I, If I die inside
Would anyone realize? (Would anyone realize?)
If I, If I, If I deny the crime
Would I, would I, serve the time? (Serve the time)
I lived a lie