The Last Act of Defiance

The 2nd of February, 1980

Began three days of misery

A scene of retaliation

Epitomising violence, horror, and vindication

Thieves, murderers, and rapists

Inundated their prison like homicidal sadists

Convicts and guards alike would pay the price

To them the electric chair

Would look like paradise!

Only degradation, torture, and cremation would suffice!

A sea of agony rolled in

Like the coming of the tide

The more fortunate escaped the insanity

Through suicide

The screams of the dying

Would haunt the living to the grave

Survivors of the riot

Relive the nightmare every day!

The last act of defiance!

The last act of defiance!

With a never-ending appetite

Barbiturates set them off like dynamite

Eradicating informants

Acetylene torches dealt the punishment

Melted from skin to bone

The fire silenced their screams to moans

Smoke filled the air from bodies set aflame

Begging for mercy, but their words

Were spoken in vain!

They weren't allowed to perish until they cherished all the pain!

A sea of agony rolled in

Like the coming of the tide

The more fortunate escaped the insanity

Through suicide

The screams of the dying

Would haunt the living to the grave

Survivors of the riot

Relive the nightmare every day!

The last act of defiance!

The last act of defiance!

Guards they had taken hostage

Were to blame for pushing them over the edge

Their brutality would be their demise

Like sharks in a frenzy, they lashed out at their prize

When the madness had ended

The gore was too intense to be comprehended

No one explained the real reason why

For cruelty of a few

So many should die!

They knew of the flaws

But still insist the cause was justified!

A sea of agony rolled in

Like the coming of the tide

The more fortunate escaped the insanity

Through suicide

The screams of the dying

Would haunt the living to the grave

Survivors of the riot

Relive the nightmare every day!

The last act of defiance!

The last act of defiance!