Mad Inaction
The greatest sin of omission is to know and yet not do;
to fail to take the action required, to refuse to follow through.
Knowledge can be so freeing; dreams such effortless bliss.
Is to learn but not act to really know? Well, one thing I do know is this:
it's hard to finish; it's harder to start, though great ideas abound.
But once you hear success' strains, you never forget the sound.
"If it is to be, it's up to me." That's what a wise man said.
When you've been and done, you'll be blessed to find the rest all seek abed.
So, be wise yourself. Do as you know you should while the sun lights the sky.
And the rest all seek throughout this life, you'll enter the day you die.
For what doth it profit a man to know but lazily refuse to do?
You must take responsibility as each day begins anew.
The freedom, love and meaning you'll find with every waking breath
will carry you cross each earthbound care and you'll smile as you meet your death.
O Liberty
O what will you trade for your freedom?
For, everyone has his price.
Your heart's on the line; your spirit, your mind.
Will you trade it for virtue or vice?
O what can be gained from the loss of
your liberty's glorious flame?
For what could be worth the stillborn birth
of a soul under Beelzebub's claim?
O say! Have you seen the proud colors
of our Heavenly Banner wave?
Have you felt your soul yearn for the freedom earned
by the lifeblood your fathers gave?
O Liberty looks upon you.
She wonders what's in your heart..
Will you ask her to stay? Will you give her away?
Or unite with her, never to part?
O man do you understand freedom
is the cure for your country's ills?
It's brighter than gold. O man, don't be lulled
to complacency. Don't lose your will!
O never defer to apathy!
Don't take for granted your rights!
And never revert to things as they were
when tyranny spread its blight.
O why won't you vie for freedom
o'er security, power and gold?
All these she'll provide as the moon guides the tide,
if you hie to her principles bold.
O reckon by light of freedom:
your guide through the long, dark night.
She'll ease your way, she'll carry the day
if you labor for her with your might.
O what would you prize above freedom?
The power to force the mob?
You'd wish to make safe your life, your faith?
Then freedom must not be robbed.
O Live and let live in freedom.
Your brothers can bear it as you.
Let Liberty reign through triumph and pain.
And her espoused self-reliance, too.
O search for your motive power,
your self-interest, your righteous desire.
To live in this land you must be a man
of action and feed your own fire.
O preserve, protect, defend freedom
as set forth by the law of this land.
Restore to her founding with anthems resounding
to God, as we make our last stand!
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