Lyrics: A Portrait Of Authority

nothing more nothing less
an icon on the wall decoration and duress
that which many strive to be
it's the marble statue standing over me
and nobody has the will to tear it down
it determines wrong and right
but to me it's just a stereotype
and it makes us lose our sight

a portrait of authority
you tell me
that's what i'm supposed to be
portrait of authority

another time another man
an opressive intrusion
what a plauge across his land
and it haunts him every day
it tells him he has no choice
his hopes just fade away
and he lives his life
prepared to tear it down
but he can't muster the support
and to him it's just a stereotype
of his life long fight

a portrait of authority
it embodies what he cannot be
a potrait of authority