Free the Slave

Meet me by the riverside Later on the day Gonna watch the hanging of an honest man They say he ain't the guilty one But someone has to pay They will not be pleased before they see him hang As he cries out Turn and face the crowd As he cries out No one makes a sound As he cries out Oh, he hits the ground He cries out Where's your spirit now? Drown me in the river String me from a tree So won't you free the slave in me? Oh, oh Leave me when the time is near Leave me be in peace This is not the way you should remember me Have you nothing else to say? Final words of truth Forgive them father for they know not what they do As he cries out Mercy can't be found As he cries out No one makes a sound As he cries out Before he hits the ground He cries out Where's your savior now? Throw me in the ocean Cast me in the sea So won't you free the slave in me? Don't you know, oh, don't you know Woah, they're going to come for you You can run, run on out Oh, they're going to come for you Until you bleed out Until you bleed out Dark days are coming Dark days, so you should take shelter You should take shelter Dark days are coming Dark days are here So is your conscience clear? Have you seen the brave man hanging from the tree? Say, who'll be the first to see?