Dragged me from my bed
I asked them what was happening
They just ignored the words I said
They waved their guns in my face
Kept screaming out my name
Something terrible had happened
And somehow I was to blame
O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name
In thy name
O freedom, what liberties are taken
What liberties are taken
What liberties are taken in thy name
My accusers formed a jury
The judge and the defense
The charges were made known to me
But not the evidence
There was no guilty verdict
Yet, still I was detained
Flown to another country where
Their methods are less constrained
O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name
In thy name
O freedom, what liberties are taken
What liberties are taken
What liberties are taken in thy name
In our determination
To defend democracy
We must not destroy the safeguards
That underpin our liberty
For who will pay the price if
Injustice such as this
Turns our protectors to oppressors
And angry men to terrorists?
O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name
In thy name
O freedom, what liberties are taken
What liberties are taken
What liberties are taken in thy name
The policemen broke my door down Dragged me from my bed I asked them what was happening They just ignored the words I said They waved their guns in my face Kept screaming out my name Something terrible had happened And somehow I was to blame O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name In thy name O freedom, what liberties are taken What liberties are taken What liberties are taken in thy name My accusers formed a jury The judge and the defense The charges were made known to me But not the evidence There was no guilty verdict Yet, still I was detained Flown to another country where Their methods are less constrained O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name In thy name O freedom, what liberties are taken What liberties are taken What liberties are taken in thy name In our determination To defend democracy We must not destroy the safeguards That underpin our liberty For who will pay the price if Injustice such as this Turns our protectors to oppressors And angry men to terrorists? O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name In thy name O freedom, what liberties are taken What liberties are taken What liberties are taken in thy name Explain Request ×
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