In Defense of Our Good Name

歌词

Returning to solace 

So sweet like honeysuckle on the tongue 

The sound of silence blesses my ears 

Enveloping like the earth I will one day lie in 

Metropolis is bad to wither the soul 

Roaring concrete and steel washes you in blood. 

So let you point and laugh 

Provincial ain't so bad. 

Take me back down to where I belong 

To rust in rivers. 

I do not covet any man's life 

I know my place all to well 

One man's paradise is another man's living hell. 

To each their own 

Generations ago made this place my own 

The roots are deep and strong 

Carry them wherever I go. 

Never wanted your approval 

Never wanted your acceptance 

Never wanted to be anything but me 

Never wanted to be anywhere but here. 

Carry me Southeast bound home 

To speak in defense of our good name 

Lay me to rest with my kin 

In the ground of God's country. 

Lash out at any who would smear you with hate 

Deify no one, Never crawl ashamed 

The past screams injustice on Southern night wind 

Whips Manacles Chains Musket balls 

A dark history never forgotten 

Only misconception remains. 

Speak in defense of our good name 

The blood of kin grants absolution 

I'll join them soon enough in the ground of God's country. 

Never wanted your acceptance 

Never wanted your approval 

Never wanted to be anything but me 

Never wanted to be anywhere but here.