Protomen - The State Vs. Thomas Light lyrics

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[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.]

Tom:

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, have they 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?

Emily: This is not your fault

Tom: I'm leaving one way or the other, Emily.

Emily: This is not your fault

Tom: There's nothing left here for me now.

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

Emily: Not Guilty!

Tom: Guilty... I am 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.]