The looks are, the smile is a lie,
The clock drags on, the smoke is in your eyes.

You know the blame is someone's, but you don't quite know who, (in your mind)
If it could only be different, (in your heart)
If only you could run away from it.

Prisoner, prisoner, (if you could only see)
Choosing death for life,
Prisoner, prisoner, (you are a prisoner)
Smiling executioner.

If money, if love was in your life,
Ifs run out; got to realise it's time.

Confusion, delusion,
Alive in destitution (in your mind)
If it could only be different, (in your heart)
If only you could run away from it.

Prisoner, prisoner, (if you could only say)
Choosing death for life,
Prisoner, prisoner, (you are a prisoner)
Smiling executioner.