Your Freedom
If I ask when you won your freedom,
Could you give me a reply?
Could you list the names of men
And women who fought until they died?
Could you tell the tale of those who fell
Fighting for what’s right?
Or would you take a bow and turn away
to dissolve into the night?
Have you shed a tear for freedom
For a hope you held inside
That one day soon you’d tell your child
it’s safe to go outside
Do you talk about your freedom
Or has it always been a verse
In the song your parents sang to you
While others learned to curse
Some freedom is a rocky road
With cliffs on every turn
It can take years to spark the flame
But watch us as it burns
If I asked you for my freedom
Would you give me a reply
Would you watch the tears stream
down my face and look me in the eyes?
If we asked you for our freedom
Would you join the battle cry
Or would you choose to turn away
Again.... and let us die?