Suspicion

Suspicion is all around
It creeps up like a snake in the dark
Sending chills down your spine
It wrecks like a rattle snake
It scorches like a scorpion
It spreads like wild fire
Encompassing everything that surrounds it
It breaks up homes
It ruins friendships
And it brings empires to war

So who took the emperor's cloak
It must have walked itself out of the castle
Out into the unknown jungle
May be it is them that took it
It could even be you
But how about myself
There is only one rule in the suspicion game
Everybody is a suspect

Lets search them
Lets strip them naked
Everyone down now
Start talking now
They must all pay for his transgressions
They must all suffer for hiding him
Who dares to steal the emperor's cloak

What if you get caught
For the police must know
You can't hide from the police
The mob must find out
They'll laugh at you
They'll stone you to death
They'll mock your children's children
Your children will be an embarrassment to themselves
All because of your transgressions
All because of your temptations
Perhaps because you shared a flame

Blood is everywhere
Someone committed the crime
Someone has to pay for the grieving
For you can't hide from the police
They're everywhere
The sirens sound like war cries
Now the culprit must be caught

Its him. It must be him.
Never jump to conclusions
Where is the evidence
Where are the witnesses
Accidents happen

So he hacked himself to death by accident
No he slipped on a bar of soap and cracked his skull on the bathroom sink by accident

He killed all the witnesses
Hes got blood steins
We've got Finger prints and DNA matches

Even prints can be planted
Witnesses can be bought
People can be framed
Or caught in the wrong place at the wrong time
Punish an innocent victim and you're a perpetrator yourself

Non sense
We've got a confession
A confession can be coerced
Or people can go insane

You're insane
The suspect is perfectly normal
Lets rid of them all
We must not live in fear
Lets send them all to the chamber
For the world would be a better place

Don't play God
You'll never really know
You could be next
Show some mercy
Give it a rest
You can't undo the past
The emperor will find another cloak in time