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An American Voice

Beginning (introduction)

 

In the dusk hour, they lay there shattered and broken

Just like these words, yet theirs are unspoken

May I write their songs and their poems

Just so the people of the world will know them...

 

I. The Truth Of the World Can Be Seen In an Eye

 

...The dead, the living, and the unknown

Look before you, the world is shown

We're corrupted and don't welcome change

For this is the world of stubborn and strange

The lies are before you in different labeled doors

Of "our" choices whether it's peace or war

It's all propaganda, it's all spoken lies

Only to be heard before Everyone dies

So what is your decision, what is your choice

We are the people that mus sound our voice

To fight for what we All believe in

And let the real freedom we want begin

'Cause this is how it shall end

It'll be the end of you dear friend...

 

II. Dead Man's Ode To God

 

...I stood before the Lord

I prayed, he opened the door

Into internal damnation

Of our own salvation

 

I stood before the Lord

I gave my heart for the golden shore

And thy sinful ways

Brought even darker days

 

I stood before the Lord

He was real, I was sure

Then people lied, and people died

And in the end, all did cry

 

So here I stand before the Lord

Just a terrible ending I got for

Playing, giving, until I die

To find the idea of God is just a lie...

 

III. ...And There Will Be Guns and Whips

 

...Cry another tear

Run from another fear

They're coming tonight

Scream if you see the white

I don't want to be a slave

Lord, can't we be saved

From skin color discrimination

In the new nation

Where everyone's free

Except for you, you, and me

We shall toil in dirt

In the cold, hard Earth

Because they're too lazy to do it on their own

Or maybe because they can't do it alone

Why must we suffer for generations to come

Because they can't see that we're all one

So we shall die under the American sun

In a nation that will never be one...

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kelsey-peyton
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Aug 1, 2011
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