"Freedom Hymn" lyrics

Kings may cover up the truth on TV and on screens
Calling in the vultures to descend upon the streets
Circling the innocent and marking them with blame
But freedom comes to those who dare to hold each other's pain
Freedom comes to those who dare to hold each other's pain

Do we not all make mistakes
Do we not all have hurt?
Do we not fear scarlet letters caging us like birds
Kings let loose the war machines in fear of what we've learned:
That freedom comes to those who dare to hold each other's pain
Freedom comes to those who dare to hold each other's pain

If they send in soldiers after me and after you
May our voice be like the raven
Carrying the truth
Open up your heart to what the blackbird sings to you
Cause freedom comes to those who dare to hold each other's pain
Freedom comes to those who dare to hold each other's pain

Kings depend on lonely hearts
To trust their gilded lies
Gather round the tables of of your neighbors thru the night
The truth may hurt at first but it will lead you to the light
Cause freedom comes to those who dare to hold each other's pain
Freedom comes to those who dare to hold each other's pain