OG 10.7.26 Tree of Liberty - Memorial Day Part 2a

[spoken] The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. citizens will fight for the rest to have the same rights as they. These now are few, the rest getting tricked, dividing all that away. Each now more important than the next, leaving us all isolated, wrecked. en masse they ripped down the leaves and tore the branches away. patriots in name only, just beggars and thieves, living in make believe. they claim only what they were given, everything they love they were delivered what you get for free has no meaning, what you give, you give with the blood in your heart but to do that, you would need to love more than yourself for a start Scream in reverence on Memorial Day, those warriors gone who had their say. Our metal armor all turned to clay, may we find the way we pray. keep the white stripe from turning gray, let the stars shine night and day [spoken] the tree of liberty is grieving, and she is dying she grew thin and weak, drained off by those devoured her roots they burned the branches, kindling for their new seats, though the premise was neat, she was left alone while the sheep bleat like thieves in the night, those marionettes had guts for string played like puppets, just a little game, play each against the other we saw this before, where brother killed brother and the best they could do was smile, and bleed more lives Songs must end in silence, all states end up in violence Empires fade and wither, this is the nature of time as it slithers. Lay there in graves so shallow, safe from knowing we now cower Shit on so gracefully we wallow, fleeced by those in golden towers. Fed non truth and from post fact, we eat up tears from those who lack Millions of tragic comforting lies, to blind to hear the truth that cracked So sad this nation once so proud, no longer stands up light but shrouds People have nothing, the rich have power, we know not how to plant a flower. The seeds of youth are many, but they know not the real facts We teach them not of what we are, but to be only what gets seen. [spoken] So, this Memorial Day, think of those we can never properly repay They stood and fought for a greater good, now just seen as a lost cause. In their presence now ultimate silence, you there left with nothing to say Treasure those warriors gone their way, walk now your whispers away. [sung] Next Memorial Day, treasure a nation gone astray, theres a plague out children, now go play That Century turned, old ideals all burned, replaced by screens and a longing we can only spurn. Times we knew then no longer now, something more sacred that Old McDonalds cow Led on now by corporate greed, we saw our rights whittled away and bleed We said wed fight another day, now that warrior way all gone Just like the Offense of Fort McHenrys dawn [spoken] solemnly affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same [echo] all enemies, foreign and domestic all enemies, foreign and domestic