Upholding

Is the vow worth upholding, and holding out?

Must be cold in Seoul now, nearly Christmas

The days alone delayed no swarming toward adharma

O'er the isthmus, you didn't miss much

In the brawl ensuing you're doing your all

Will you be calling bottom, standing tall?

I invoke Santa Barbara three times to calm down

And then come home to cataclysm

In a way you might say I've been right there all along

For the railing, flailing, and carrying on

I've been gathering my lessons skin-to-skin

How I wish it would storm now

Non serviam

Non serviam

And don't be fooled into eschewing your chores

You're safe in port, yeah, sure, but that's not what you're built for

Unswear the waking memories long gone

Transcend the has-been, hand-wringing whims

And just get on

With being someone

Make no mistake, your attempt escape, it became a syndrome

The longest way 'round is the shortest way home

Love loves to love love, as we walk through ourselves

Will I let my country die for me?

As you are now, so once were we

Laughing back down at my broken shackles

Throwing my weight into the block and tackle

Water in my hand

World without end

Non serviam

Non serviam

I give myself leave

To stay on the qui vive

Non serviam

Non serviam

In spite of all that you ordain

Despite all that you believe

Non serviam