Long Live Independence - Crippled Black Phoenix

I heart the sound of marching feet

But none that march for me

The banners, flags and speeches

Are but cheap and tawdry dreams

Long live independence

Long live independence

Long live independence

Long live independence

The loves we shared we tore apart

And tossed aside like kisses

Now stand we tall in ashes

Of our vainglorious times

Long live independence

Long live independence

Long live independence

Long live independence

There comes a time in every man’s life

When he must pick a side not stand aside

And hide his face in shame

There comes a time in everyman’s life

When neither abstinence, nor decadence

Wir, or wealth or elegance will do

Or the whiplash of leaders

Can stay his righteous hand

There comes a time in everyman’s life

Like for Charlemagne or Caesar

Jean Paul Sartre or Nietzsche

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Primo Levi, or Ferdinand Celine

When enough is enough, and the waiting must end

And the end must be brought to a head, (so we sing):

Long live independence

Long live independence

Long live independence

Long live independence

Long live independence

Long live independence

Long live independence

Long live independence