Scales of Justice

Lyrics: [Verse 1] Cold room, iron bench Names carved in the wood A needle of truth Draws blood where I stood Paper stacked like walls Ink dry as bone One thumb on the scale And the rest of me gone [Pre-Chorus] Hear the gavel crack Feel the floor give way Every lie comes back Every debt gets paid [Chorus] Scales of justice Break in my hands Scales of justice Buried in sand You sold the verdict I still stand tall Scales of justice I will outlast it all [Verse 2] Black robes, white teeth Smiles cut thin They fed on the weak Then called it law again Truth in a metal box Locked with a key But the chain around your wrist Looks a lot like me [Pre-Chorus] Hear the gavel crack Feel the floor give way Every lie comes back Every debt gets paid [Chorus] Scales of justice Break in my hands Scales of justice Buried in sand You sold the verdict I still stand tall Scales of justice I will outlast it all [Bridge] One eye on the flame One fist in the dust You can pave the road But you can't bury us Names rise from the ash Like wolves at the gate What you called mercy Was just a sharpened state [Final Chorus] Scales of justice Break in my hands Scales of justice Buried in sand You sold the verdict I still stand tall Scales of justice We will outlast it all