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Old Colossus

from Some Heavens Some Hells by Old Empires

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Johnny do you hear that,
Beneath your rifles roar?
Something sounds so strange since you
Set out on this war.

I swear I hear the state house,
Its bell strikes with such force.
There's no way you can’t hear them
Down at the southern shores.

It rings like a gunshot!
It rings like cage doors!
It rings with every flicker,
Every flicker, of her torch!

It rings like a death toll we should have heard before.
It rings to let us know what was isn’t any more.
IT RINGS!

Let it ring, let it ring, let it ring, Let it ring.

What's left to defend,
When were afraid of,
People throwing rocks,
More than tyrants casting stones.

Let it ring! (RING)!
Ring like hell.

Johnny can you hear me?
No one’s coming home!
The place you left is no longer the place,
You had known.

The harbor here is empty.
Your mother exiled by her own.
The state house bell is striking slow.
The state house bell is striking slow.

LET IT RING!

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from Some Heavens Some Hells, released October 13, 2021

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