The beast waited all night long
He waited for thunder to test out his bomb
To see that it worked as it should
To check it could kill all that it could
And the uniform that he wore
Was chosen to fool all those that saw
He was dressed as a man of the law

Oslo midsummer afternoon
Brocken glass sugar-dusts the room
The ministry of justice in bits
Sirens scream as the terror hits
A witness reports what she saw
Someone with a pistol in an unmarked car
Dressed as a man of the law

Twenty five miles away
On an island in the middle of a lake
As a light rain began to fall
A man across the water made a call
Fooled the ferryman with a wave of his jaw
Soon after arrived on the shore
Dressed as a man of the law

He called a group to gather round
Then he drew his gun, laid them to the ground
Some broke and ran for their lives
Others played dead to survive
Some could'nt move anymore
As the gunman walked up and away from the shore
Dressed as a man of the law

In the school house they blocked up the door
A boy kept watch on the horrors he saw
Fear on the edge of insanity
The scene fit the keyhole just like a key
And he felt like he'd seen him before
Deep in a nightmare now buried no more
Dressed as a man of the law

Gunshot clapped off the trees
As she staggered and stumbled and fell to her knees
A smile broke on his face
We are all the sons of our time and our place
And she wondered what daughters were for
As that son of a bitch became the last thing she saw
Dressed as a man of the law

Through the fear some became brave
One kept twenty three alive in a cave
While nearby for mercys sake
More than fifty survivors pulled from the lake
And the police finaly made it to the shore
And arrested a beast in the same clothes they wore
Dressed as a man of the law

Oslo as the evening came
Eight body bags for the eight who were slain
On the island lay sixty nine dead
As fascism once again reared its head
Have we forgotten what we'd beaten it for
The same question came as before
Dressed as a man of the law