Meet the enemy Meet the liar There at these shores the die has been cast Freedom was our highest good We ventured our lives This dead black night Our destiny revealed It will never be the same There at these omnious shores of river Saône

These songs of freedom Redemption songs 'Cause all I ever had Old pirates, yes, they rob I Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look? Some say it's just a part of it

The richest man in Babylon There is no guidance in your kingdom Your wicked walk in Babylon There is no wisdom to your freedom Your beggars sleep outside your doorway Your prophets leave to wonder on You fall asleep at night with worry The saddest man in

And the sun will rise Dawn will break through the blackest night Distant in its glow This shall pass be still and know In this struggle Are we dead or alive? Freedom is not existence It's why we survive Shake our grief

On the day the wall came down They threw the locks onto the ground And with glasses as high we raised a cry for freedom had arrived The Ship of Fools had finally run aground Promises lit up the night like paper doves in flight I dreamed you had left my

I see a dust trail following an old red Nova Baby blue eyes, your head on my shoulder You don't look a day over fast cars and freedom That sunset river bank first time feeling Wait, baby, don't move, right there it is T-shirt hanging off a dogwood branch

Life (life) I got life, mother I got laughs, sister I got freedom, brother I got good times, man I got crazy ways, daughter I got million-dollar charm, cousin I got headaches and toothaches And bad times too

Oh no, uh no, oh she did it again Oh no, uh no, she did it again Ushadile (she's married) Beyond freedom and dignity Beyond the dying of the light She takes me Beyond reason and the trinity Beyond the sun and out of sight

Why'd you lie? Why'd you lie The very first rule That you learned in school Was that you shouldn't try to fool The people you're close to And now you're almost full grown I really should've known If I left you on your own

Closing the eyes (bear witness to me) Freedom is all I have to say in defense Of what the world's becoming A nation hell bent on choosing what's right And how we all should live our lives Fuck their ways it is time to break free Fuck their hate