Jordi de Backer - Behind Cell Bars

Every morning at exactly 6 A.M.
You step in line just like the other men
After you put on your orange overall
The artificial lights show how you crawl
Through your maze behind cell bars
Do you leave on parole
Or do you choose a life sentence?
They scroll the plate with mashed potato down the door
But you leave it rotting on the dusty floor
No one's able to bail you out of jail
Even though there's a waiting list for your visiting hours
But you stay put behind cell bars
Do you leave on parole
Or do you choose a life sentence?
The stains on your sheets are somewhere in between
Orange, yellow, red and green
The smell that comes out of the bucket
In the corner of the room is getting sour
Do you leave on parole
Or do you choose a life sentence?
Do you leave on parole
Or do you choose a life sentence?
Will you find a way out of
Your maze behind cell bars?
Just imagine a walk on a beach
Where you could smash landmarks into the sand
With a big sledgehammer in your hand
Straight into an endless sea
As you let the water take you in
And let the sunshine burn your skin
Do you leave on parole
Or do you choose a life sentence?
Will you find a way out of
Your maze behind cell bars?

Written by:
Jordi Backer

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