Martyr Of The Free Word

Speaking in degradation

A conversation can take a sudden turn

And reaching the point of violence

Because your silence left you

Without a hand to hold

Your past will lead you on to

Making a final judgment

Based on your bias will

Never bring you forward

Terror should never guide you

For even the fearful can take

A-beating in the end

Suspicion gets you nowhere

Those who denounce a way of life

Will stand alone

Left to a-tone their social blunders

If you gun down the messenger

You guarantee that he will be made

Into a saint a martyr of the free word

I will say

(I will say)

What I think

(What I think)

I will do

(I will do)

What I say

(what I say)

When liberty seems out of reach

We'll fight for our freedom of speech

Requiem aeternam dona eis

Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis

Missing a simple context

A mental weakness can throw

You out of balance

Listen, respect each other

Then you'll discover it mustn't

Always end in hate

It's not too late for mercy

Those who denounce a way of life

Will stand alone

Left to a-tone their social blunders

If you gun down the messenger

You guarantee that he will be made

Into a saint a martyr of the free word

I will say

(I will say)

What I think

(what I think)

I will do

(I will do)

What I say

(what I say)

When tolerance seems out of sight

We will fight

When liberty seems out of reach

We'll fight for our freedom of speech