You Carry A Cross, We'll Cross Our Fingers

from Shouts Among Crowds by Ayleron

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Oh, your honor I don't mean to be a bother
This is the defendant who's probation's been suspended and now
He represents himself, he's got nobody else
That will pick a side that will coincide with his favor

I've got a witness in the business of creativity
And he can testify to justify our inhumane activity
We know he's guilty by association
We know that he deserves incarceration
His guiltiness is so deeply rooted
It can be concluded that his stories are polluted

Does it take a man who will yield no defense
To prove his very own innocence

Ladies and gents of the jury don't you worry
I've got a convincing testimony and it reads:
They said, she said, he said love is a contest
Only the best will be taken into heaven
You can bet that all of the rest will be taken out of context
And oh, these people we will exploit just to make it a point

This judge is so easily entertained
His identity we've so quickly disengaged
Now we've got him in the palm of our hands
It's gonna be so easy to make a prophet of this man
His guiltiness is so deeply rooted
It can be concluded that his stories are polluted
(The stage is set, you can bet that we'll sentence him to death)

Does it take a man who will yield no defense
To prove his very own innocence

Oh my God, what have we done
Can we answer for all that we've become
And one hand puts you to shame
With fingers crossed we praise your name
Oh what price you would pay, what you would give
That you would die so we might truly live

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from Shouts Among Crowds, released December 5, 2009

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