Nothing more, nothing less   An icon on the wall decoration and duress   That which many strive to be   It's the marble statue standing over me      And nobody has the will to tear it down   It determines wrong and right   But to me its just a stereotype   And it makes us lose our sight      The portait of authority   (Portait of authority)   You tell me that's what I'm supposed to be   (Portait of authority)   You tell me what I'm supposed to be      Another time another man   And oppressive intrusion and a plague across his land   And it haunts him every day   It tells him he has no chance his hopes just fade away      And he lives his life pretend to tear it down   But he can't muster the support   And to him it's just a stereotype   Of his life long fight      The portait of authority   (Portait of authority)   It embodies what he cannot be   (Portait of authority)   [Incomprehensible] he cannot be      You're portait of authority   (Portait of authority)   The portait of authority