Closure?

Within the sterile environment that carries out American retribution

The threatened insist that vengeance is the only acceptable solution

Emotions fuel the media frenzy, relentlessly searching for satisfaction

The world's superpower, made to feel vulnerable, is now demanding action

No one can breathe easy until he's drawn his final breath

And taken his place amongst his victims in the company of death

Demonized for something that our government does every single day

But when it happens in our own backyard, you know that someone's going to pay

Is state sanctioned murder really closure?

Focusing on vengeance, our government will do whatever it takes

Satisfied that this brand of justice outweighs all mistakes

But when does an immoral act become justified

Ignore the responsibility and a person is crucified

By the abuse and corruption of the laws that supposedly protect

No individual or government should have legality over death

A life for a life, an eye for an eye, no government has the right

To continue the cycle of violence and show it's ultimate might

Is state sanctioned murder really closure?

We wipe our hands clean, he got what he deserved

In our minds we can rationalize that justice has been served

But in reality nothing is ever really accomplished

When justice is overshadowed by a primal need for vengeance

Killing another person won't wash away the guilt

Just put another victim in the house of cards the state built

How many more lives will our government erase?

When revenge in our legal system is commonplace

Is state sanctioned murder really closure?

Do you now feel safe?

Do you now feel secure?

Will you sleep any easier now that they've evened the score?

Is your mind now at peace?

Has your way of life been defended?

Has all of the pain or just another life ended?

Is it your desire to see another dead?

Will it bring you closure and put your fears to bed?

You grasp at an illusion to use as a safety net

But what we find in the end is a nation with no self-respect

Not only is there the illusion of safety but also the illusion of healing

That a death sentence is going to help how the victims' loved ones are feeling

But instead of compassion they find a murderous beast and a bloodstain

The government can kill all they want but they can't kill the pain

The hurt they feel can't be cured by a lethal injection

A state sanctioned murder won't bring about resurrection

Death cannot mend, so we only pretend

That the cycle of violence and all the pain ends