Should I trust your enemy?

[INTRO] "Order… order in the court…" [motif] [ascending progression] [VERSE 1] They swore I was the knife in the dark, The flaw in the marble, the rot in the ark— Point to my horns like it proves the crime, But who forged the steel? Who set the time? [VERSE 2] They preach of a lamb, then wield the rod, Call it ‘love’ when they bargain with God. The jury’s asleep, the bailiff’s a priest— Funny how ‘justice’ just means ‘deceased.’ [PRE-CHORUS] The gallows groan when the hangman’s devout… Funny how ‘mercy’ just means ‘get out.’ [CHORUS] You say I’m the liar, the thief, the fall… But who hung the fruit where the doomed could see? If love is the law, then why’s the verdict hate? Why trust God when it comes to me? [REFRAIN] Should I trust your enemy… to tell me who you are? [BRIDGE] Hell’s just the truth you couldn’t burn— A mirror too heavy for Heaven to turn. [INTERLUDE] [VERSE 3] You built the cage, then called it ‘free,’ Wrote my name in the fire and blamed it on me. The saints all nod, the angels cheer— Funny how ‘holy’ just means ‘fear.’ [VERSE 4] The sentence is passed, the ink’s still wet, But the judge is the one who rigged the bet. So damn me louder, sing my name— At least I never called torment ‘grace.’ [PRE-CHORUS] The gallows groan when the hangman’s devout… Funny how ‘mercy’ just means ‘get out.’ [CHORUS] You say I’m the liar, the thief, the fall… But who hung the fruit where the doomed could see? If love is the law, then why’s the verdict hate? Why trust God when it comes to me? [REFRAIN] Should I trust your enemy… to tell me who you are? [INTERLUDE SOLO] [CATCHY REFRAIN] Should I trust your enemy… to tell me who you are? [OUTRO] "Court adjourned…"