Martyr of the Free Word - Epica

Speaking in degradation

A conversation can take a sudden turn

And reaching the point of violence

Because your silence left you without a hand to hold

Your past will lead you on to

Making a final judgement

Based on your bias will never bring you forward

Terror should never guide you

For even the fearful can take a beating in the end

Suspicion gets you nowhere

Those who denounce a way of life

Will stand alone

Left to atone their social blunders

If you gun down the messenger

You guarantee that he will be made

Into a saint

A martyr of the free word

I will say (I will say) what I think (what I think)

I will do (I will do) what I say (what I say)

When liberty seems out of reach

We’ll fight for our freedom of speech

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis

Missing a simple context

A mental weakness can throw you out of balance

Listen, respect each other

Then you’ll discover it mustn’t always end in hate

It’s not too late for mercy

Those who denounce a way of life

Will stand alone

Left to atone their social blunders

If you gun down the messenger

You guarantee that he will be made

Into a saint

A martyr of the free word

I will say (I will say) what I think (what I think)

I will do (I will do) what I say (what I say)

When tolerance seems out of sight

We will fight

When liberty seems out of reach

We’ll fight for our freedom of speech