The State Lyrics

I was free to live and love

And kill as I saw fit

I was at peace, there really was

No one I was at war with

The only common good

Was that we understood

That laws unjust

Were only good for breaking

That difference legalized instead of sameness

Left nobody free

That was the day before

I married my conscience to the state

My taxes paid, these roads were laid
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To places of my choosing

There were no eyes up in the skies

Looking down into my bed

There was no government without our consent

Keys were made for anyone who just claimed it

Glass was all of every wall that framed it

From sea to shining sea

That was the day before

I married my conscience to the state

Right and wrong were written on my heart

And not just in the laws that condemn me

Now with caesar satisfied I can even do the things

That should offend me