Sweet silver tongue Builder of hope and of Nations undone Whispers of light against the darkness beyond Oppressive dictators, shackles of freedom with the tune of a hum
Hum sweet silver tongue, do you tire to be a rudder Sailing your ship through the cracks of instability, tearing down a sister, or a brother Setting up systems, to rob child from their mother Foreign lands now discovered, shackled hands, the nations dollar
When you’re sitting in your palaces, Sipping blood from your chalices, made from labour of your educated salve, indoctrinated ways, disseminated lies- made to believe these shackles are made to save
Sweet silver tongue, do you blame the throne or do you blame the song, do you blame the culture gifted from generations gone Do you blame the man upon whom this title is on, Or do you blame the nations lalaby to the newborn, “live for today, tomorrow may never come”