--- to die for ---

Freedom,
lying numb, would
rather
be in pain -

would rather
be a martyr, but...
everybody’s
slain

There’s
nobody
to die for
anymore

Protection be a martyr,
needing
no excuse
Died as Freedom’s sacrifice -
hangin’ from a noose

Freedom,
lying numb, would
rather
be in pain

I remember Freedom sang,
Sang!
within his shame

There’s
nobody
to die for
anymore!

Love,
she be a martyr -
regrettably she would
Love’s about
the only thing
never understood

But Freedom
lives alone
as everybody’s dead
He would’ve died for all of them,
but they’ve
died for him instead ---

in graves
our Freedom’s hollowed
by his
fallen
tears ---
hallowed by the moments, and
swallowed by the years

I remember Freedom
saying-
even through his fears-
"I’d rather die
than live a lie, die
with all my peers"

Still Freedom be a sinner,
through everything he ain’t
But to
sin like Freedom does
is why he be a saint

Killing Fear and
Prejudice
and more
along the way.
I’d rather die
by Freedom’s side
than live another day.

free to live
free to love
free to fly and die
free to fall
free to fail
free to live a lie
free to find the truth beyond those
rainbows in the sky

If any be a martyr,
I pray that it be I