so long a silence covers up much pain
we can rejoice but we must still recall
this sun of freedom rises through the rain
why they were taken we need not explain
for weight of shadows on us casts a pall
so long a silence covers up much pain
of those who suffered for other folks’ gain
whose battered bodies hung against the wall
this sun of freedom rises through the rain
and still we dance our every hope made plain
elsewhise we’d stoop and crouch and bend and bawl
so long a silence covers up much pain
they won their battle and their long campaign
whose time of servitude was not so small
this sun of freedom rises through the rain
with words of justice sung in no wild strain
by men and women proudly standing tall
so long a silence covers up much pain
this sun of freedom rises through the rain
Aug 1, 2015
Aug 1, 2015 at 1:27 PM UTC
so long a silence covers up much pain
we can rejoice but we must still recall
this sun of freedom rises through the rain
why they were taken we need not explain
for weight of shadows on us casts a pall
so long a silence covers up much pain
of those who suffered for other folks’ gain
whose battered bodies hung against the wall
this sun of freedom rises through the rain
and still we dance our every hope made plain
elsewhise we’d stoop and crouch and bend and bawl
so long a silence covers up much pain
they won their battle and their long campaign
whose time of servitude was not so small
this sun of freedom rises through the rain
with words of justice sung in no wild strain
by men and women proudly standing tall
so long a silence covers up much pain
this sun of freedom rises through the rain
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