The Song Of My People
It was through the longest day
A test to endure, to ensure
The road less travelled is the hardest way.
A journey through the mazes created by you,
I should be mindful, but my mind won’t comply
Won’t heed your lectures
I won’t do, I won’t die,
I’m the secret you don’t need to hide.
I became the storm to stand up to you
Your truth undone, my rage intact
Criticise me to energise me
There is no looking back.
I shimmer with a love you won’t understand,
The trigger inside borne of the harshest hinterland,
We break down the doors to suffer no more
At your feet we won’t implore,
We see you grin; we see you lie
A dead heart was your alibi,
But mine died years ago
To be resurrected amongst the disaffected
To rise in glory, hear my story,
We suffered, but it made us tougher,
A strength that can’t be denied,
Through the tears, the fears the wasted years,
We run away from you
Won’t stay another day with you,
Stick your lies
They’re your business, not mine
Maybe I’m not American made enough
To satisfy your vision
I’m straight and true in where I stand, tell me your decision?
What’s there to learn, what can we earn?
Tomorrow’s no concern, when the world has burned.
I still have fight in me, to summon what is right in me,
When I’ve given all I’ve got, I still can’t stop the rot
Reaching in, breathing in my pain,
But for the love of metal,
It’s all I’m here for
I live with my truth
Can you do that too?