Really enjoying Onsind currently. Have fun! PR D# G G# When I see a prison, I see a vested interest in recidivism; D# G G# the righteous and pure on a moral mission, an awful draconian place D# G G# Will nobody listen? Can we please move beyond this simplistic vision? D# G G# Of ‘intrinsically bad natured citizens’ and the myth that it’s keeping us safe. When I see a prison I see an inconsistency, I see differential treatment, I see widespread inequality I see a failing system that is grinning in defeat, I see a cycle that nobody’s trying to break, a pattern that’s built to repeat, D# G# They say “when you open up a school, you close a prison door” Cm F G# Well we keep underfunding education and locking up the poor D# G# And I’m not sure where this is heading, But I know it isn’t great, Cm F G# we turned our heads away and they built a prison state. F a prison state D# G# Cm “Take me, take me anywhere, I never really cared about this freedom, F G# It was never meant for me D# G# Cm Lead me, lead me to my cell, I deserve to be in hell, there’s your solution, F G# F G# D# you should lock me up and throw away the key, Eternally. Imprison me.” D# G G#