The Lock Down Denial

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