Twenty years ago you lived trapped in gray¹,
another time, another color,
and they anxiuosly waited for you at home,
they had caught you and nobody knew if you were coming back that day.

Time has passed, things have changed,
maybe breathing is easier,
but we run from the same people,
after all this time some haven't grown up.

We live trapped in blue²,
trapped in blue,
trapped in blue,
they protect me from you, who will protect me from them?
Trapped in blue,
trapped in blue.

By day in uniforms, by night in hoods,
enforcing the same laws.
Toads and snakes will rain, rocks will rain,
and then you'll wonder why.

Whether you're red, black or oriental,
or if you thought yourself too clever, you will learn your lesson.
The cameras never record what takes place in a jail,
between one police van and another.

Because we live trapped in blue,
trapped in blue,
trapped in blue,
they protect me from you, who will protect me from them?
trapped in blue,
trapped in blue.

Trapped in blue,
(let's take them),
trapped in blue,
(be afraid of them),
trapped in blue,
they protect me from you, who will protect me from them?
trapped in blue,
trapped in blue.

Trapped in blue,
(mother you should worry),
trapped in blue,
(if they take your son away),
trapped in blue,
they protect me from you, who will protect me from them?
trapped in blue,
trapped in blue.

Trapped in blue,
(let's take them),
trapped in blue,
(be afraid of them),
trapped in blue,
they protect me from you, who will protect me from them?
trapped in blue,
trapped in blue.