LAST ACT OF DEFIANCE
Anno: 1999
Gruppo: BOUND FOR GLORY
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The battered knight stood upon the hill
He catches his breath for a moment
while everything is still
He's battled for days;
he knows he hasn't much left
He knows his end is coming,
yet he'll die with no regrets
Against the injustices of his land
He'll see the reigning guard die
by his hand
If he fails, at least he died trying
For he ideals it was worth dying
The farmer stood beside the knight
Armed with a pitchfork and a scythe
He didn't want to pay his taxes anymore
He was sick of the rich
feeding off the poor
The collectors came
and tried to rob him blind
He refused to pay his taxes
and they called it a crime
He ran them off, sent them penniless
without a thing
He was the first man not to pay the king
[chorus]
It's the last act of defiance
A union against the king and the crown
Side by side they would die together
United together to bring the system down
Soon the duo formed an army
To secure a future
for their daughters and their sons
They led a mutual revolt
against authority
To make the system come undone
Many followed in their path
Their courage to speak
overcame their fears
Droves of citizens,
they all stepped forward
From all over the countryside
you could hear
[repeat chorus]
Together in unison they marched
on the king
With a roar, outlawed songs
they would sing
The revolt is in motion,
they have to be brave
For they'd rather die as free men
than to live as slaves
[repeat chorus]
He catches his breath for a moment
while everything is still
He's battled for days;
he knows he hasn't much left
He knows his end is coming,
yet he'll die with no regrets
Against the injustices of his land
He'll see the reigning guard die
by his hand
If he fails, at least he died trying
For he ideals it was worth dying
The farmer stood beside the knight
Armed with a pitchfork and a scythe
He didn't want to pay his taxes anymore
He was sick of the rich
feeding off the poor
The collectors came
and tried to rob him blind
He refused to pay his taxes
and they called it a crime
He ran them off, sent them penniless
without a thing
He was the first man not to pay the king
[chorus]
It's the last act of defiance
A union against the king and the crown
Side by side they would die together
United together to bring the system down
Soon the duo formed an army
To secure a future
for their daughters and their sons
They led a mutual revolt
against authority
To make the system come undone
Many followed in their path
Their courage to speak
overcame their fears
Droves of citizens,
they all stepped forward
From all over the countryside
you could hear
[repeat chorus]
Together in unison they marched
on the king
With a roar, outlawed songs
they would sing
The revolt is in motion,
they have to be brave
For they'd rather die as free men
than to live as slaves
[repeat chorus]