Martyr of the Free Word

Speaking in degredation

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 judgement

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 atone 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

I will do

I will do 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 atone 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

I will do

I will do 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