A Life Embossed Protest The Hero

A breed? No, a series of breeds
It’s not a single type or a single gloss
But they’re singled out at half the cost
Cast off and cast out and almost lost
Is the innocent cry of a life embossed
The innocent cry of a life embossed

A judgment based in human error
A snap decision made in crippling terror
A sentence passed down from shaking hands

Caving and twisting to frightened demands of the disillusioned masses
To slap the wrist of the “lower classes” of life
To slap the wrist, to slap the... wrist

It will be no defense, despite the nurturing influence
The nature’s decided, the plan is divine
And if you should feel remorse anywhere inside you throughout the course
Of this abomination, you should feel grateful—
Grateful to feel anything at all
Grateful to feel anything at all
Grateful to feel anything
Grateful to feel anything
You are the heartless
You are the soulless beast
You are trained to kill, but unwilling
You are trained to kill, but unwilling to bear witness
Grateful to feel anything at all