i'll take a stand for truth and justice

then line you up against the wall

loyal people gather 'round me

until someone points the finger, then alone i fall

i can make you rise in anger

or watch your anger rise and swallow me

i'm the bane of your existance

or the come true of your perfect dream



there's a cinema of pain

now showing in my mind

the price of admission is to relive

the mistakes i left behind

and that's a cost i cannot bear



i'm the framed upon your desk

or the cartoon with your morning tea

i'll take flowers from a child's hand

bullets from a twisted man -my penalty

i can make a promise that i'll never keep

as well as i can keep a promise never made

i can hide behind a wall of words

or stand tall and call a spade a spade



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i can bend the truth to make me right

i can use it to defend

i can use it to attack, hide the fact

that the means don't justify the ends

i can flip a coin for wrong or right

heads i wil and talkes you lose

that's the way i play: i choose the games

and then i make the rules



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