The Protomen - The State vs. Thomas Light lyrics
[The Protomen - The State vs. Thomas Light lyrics]
Thomas Light was picked up three days
Later in a beggars' cemetery
Emily Stanton had been buried there
An hour earlier she had
No family her few acquaintances from
The factory were busy covering
The hole she'd left in their
Workforce a few unmoving
Passages were read by a disaffected priest
As her body was slowly
Lowered into the cold ground no
One but the men
Paid to cover her pine casket
With earth heard his words
Even those were drowned out by
The more urgent ones
Booming from the large telescreen an
Hour after the ceremony
Light stepped out of the tree line just
Beyond the grave he staggered to the mound of
Freshly moved earth and fell to his knees
Tears pouring from his eyes
Onto her grave the police, too
Had been waiting he didn't resist
The trial began within the
Week the media circus was
Phenomenal the city saw
A demon portrayed on the screen
Every shred of evidence was
Dissected and rebuilt to incriminate
Him constant news, facts
And rumors were forced upon and
Absorbed by the masses
Emily, the crowd has gathered here
But it is not because of you
Emily, the taste of blood in their mouths
I can't imagine what they'll do
But it doesn't matter what they'll do to me
Emily, they've forgotten you
When they set their sights on me
They will hang me from the rope tonight
Will you be waiting there for me?
Will our souls remember where
We said we'd meet
On the way out of this town?
I'm leaving one way or the other, Emily
There's nothing left here for me now
Emily, it's so quiet now
It's like the calm before a storm
They will punish me for what he did to you
But either way it's all my fault
Cause, I made the man who
Laid his hands on you
And I would tear him down
But I feel like a dead man
And what can a dead man do?
(This is not your fault)
I'm leaving one way or the other, Emily
(This is not your fault)
There's nothing left here for me now
Turning his attention to the proceedings
Here comes the blow
We find the only man who loved her
We find the only man who'd give his
Life to see her once again we find this man-
(Not) Guilty i am (Not) guilty
I am (Not) guilty!
The judge entered his chambers the
Lawyers and jury filed
Out of the courtroom, leaving
Light, a free man, sitting silently behind
The defendant's table the sound of
The mob outside was deafening
Even from within the thickly marbled
Walls of the courthouse
Their rage - their sense of
Injustice - were palpable throughout
The trial, the telescreen had told them that
Their judicial system would
Ultimately fail them, that the laws
Of the city were flawed
Skewed to shelter monsters like Light
Powerless to protect the people impotent
Weak dangerously out of touch
With the times obviously, the screen had
Been telling the truth now
It was telling the masses that they
Would have to take matters
Into their own hands if justice
Was to be served
Later in a beggars' cemetery
Emily Stanton had been buried there
An hour earlier she had
No family her few acquaintances from
The factory were busy covering
The hole she'd left in their
Workforce a few unmoving
Passages were read by a disaffected priest
As her body was slowly
Lowered into the cold ground no
One but the men
Paid to cover her pine casket
With earth heard his words
Even those were drowned out by
The more urgent ones
Booming from the large telescreen an
Hour after the ceremony
Light stepped out of the tree line just
Beyond the grave he staggered to the mound of
Freshly moved earth and fell to his knees
Tears pouring from his eyes
Onto her grave the police, too
Had been waiting he didn't resist
The trial began within the
Week the media circus was
Phenomenal the city saw
A demon portrayed on the screen
Every shred of evidence was
Dissected and rebuilt to incriminate
Him constant news, facts
And rumors were forced upon and
Absorbed by the masses
Emily, the crowd has gathered here
But it is not because of you
Emily, the taste of blood in their mouths
I can't imagine what they'll do
But it doesn't matter what they'll do to me
Emily, they've forgotten you
When they set their sights on me
They will hang me from the rope tonight
Will you be waiting there for me?
Will our souls remember where
We said we'd meet
On the way out of this town?
I'm leaving one way or the other, Emily
There's nothing left here for me now
Emily, it's so quiet now
It's like the calm before a storm
They will punish me for what he did to you
But either way it's all my fault
Cause, I made the man who
Laid his hands on you
And I would tear him down
But I feel like a dead man
And what can a dead man do?
(This is not your fault)
I'm leaving one way or the other, Emily
(This is not your fault)
There's nothing left here for me now
Turning his attention to the proceedings
Here comes the blow
We find the only man who loved her
We find the only man who'd give his
Life to see her once again we find this man-
(Not) Guilty i am (Not) guilty
I am (Not) guilty!
The judge entered his chambers the
Lawyers and jury filed
Out of the courtroom, leaving
Light, a free man, sitting silently behind
The defendant's table the sound of
The mob outside was deafening
Even from within the thickly marbled
Walls of the courthouse
Their rage - their sense of
Injustice - were palpable throughout
The trial, the telescreen had told them that
Their judicial system would
Ultimately fail them, that the laws
Of the city were flawed
Skewed to shelter monsters like Light
Powerless to protect the people impotent
Weak dangerously out of touch
With the times obviously, the screen had
Been telling the truth now
It was telling the masses that they
Would have to take matters
Into their own hands if justice
Was to be served