Frank Turner - Sons Of Liberty lyrics

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Once an honest man could go from sunrise to it's set<br />

Without encountering agents of his state or government.<br />

But a sorry cloud of tyranny has fallen across the land, <br />

Brought on by the hollow men, <br />

Who did not understand that for centuries our forefathers have fought<br />

And often died to keep themselves unto themselves, to fight the rising tide, <br />

And that if in the smallest battles we surrender to the state, <br />

We enter in a darkness whence we never shall escape.<br />

Watt Tyler led the people in 1381 to meet the king at Smithfield<br />

And issue this demand:<br />

That Winchester's should be the only law across the land, <br />

The law of old King Alfred's time, of free and honest men.<br />

Because the people then they understood what we have since forgot:<br />

That governments will only work for their own benefit.<br />

And I'd rather stand up naked against the elements alone<br />

Than give the hollow men the right to enter in my home.<br />

When they raise their hands up our lives to possess, <br />

To know our souls, to drag us down, we'll resist.<br />

Stand up sons of liberty and fight for what you own.<br />

Stand up sons of liberty and fight, fight for your homes.<br />

So if ever a man should ask you for your business, or your name, <br />

Tell him to go and fuck himself, tell his friends to do the same.<br />

Because a man who'd trade his liberty for a safe and dreamless sleep<br />

Doesn't deserve the both of them, and neither shall he keep