We Will Stand

You can chain us up-

And lock us all away,

But our souls will break free-

Even if our bodies stay.

You can silence us,

And do us many wrongs-

You can deafen the masses,

But you'll never stop our song.

You can break us down,

And laugh as we cry,

But your days are numbered-

By the Judge Who sits on high.

You can sit content-

Glutted on fear you caused, 

But remember at the end-

Your own soul will be the cost.

You can feed yourself-

On creating despair,

But the poison that you give-

Will become your dying air.

So you can chain us- 

Until your heart's content...

But you will never conquer-

Humanity's full extent.

For you can't take the sky,

And you can't stop our prayers- 

You can't take away our hope-

Even if you take our air.

And you can't take our love-

And you can't hush our song- 

You can try to take freedom,

But your days won't be long.

For we have a freedom-

That you don't understand-

Chain, beat, curse us as you will-

God's own people - we will stand.