What makes the grass grow green?
What makes the trees grow tall?
What makes men and women, young and old dream?
Liberty for one, liberty for all.
The dark shall not conceal
this righteous heart no longer.
Who burning brightly
In this blazing breast
Of flames, folly, joy, and courage, the very test
That all our dreams shall not fall or fade
But stand athwart these swiftly darkening tides
And at their calling, shine forth
A golden hope, eternal, this very promise
Christ shall keep his own.
Against the reckonings of godless men
Though they an innocent race
Fought the lies and vicious schemes
of monsters, with such grace
that I aback plainly took, from their simple faith
beneath the slander of their enemies,
and above the roaring wind.
A valiant soul and righteous people had all along
dwelled within!
And arm in arm, side by side,
They would fight this final war
To leap, to stride, and die for one another
And cast away all poisoned pride
And united against the dark with such brotherly love
In glory to The Lord, the great joy of man
Sanctifying all creation in their strivings and struggle!
The brotherhood of man.
What makes the grass grow green?
What makes the trees grow tall?
What makes men and women, young and old dream?
Liberty for one, liberty for all.
The dark shall not conceal
this righteous heart no longer.
Who burning brightly
In this blazing breast
Of flames, folly, joy, and courage, the very test
That all our dreams shall not fall or fade
But stand athwart these swiftly darkening tides
And at their calling, shine forth
A golden hope, eternal, this very promise
Christ shall keep his own.
Against the reckonings of godless men
Though they an innocent race
Fought the lies and vicious schemes
of monsters, with such grace
that I aback plainly took, from their simple faith
beneath the slander of their enemies,
and above the roaring wind.
A valiant soul and righteous people had all along
dwelled within!
And arm in arm, side by side,
They would fight this final war
To leap, to stride, and die for one another
And cast away all poisoned pride
And united against the dark with such brotherly love
In glory to The Lord, the great joy of man
Sanctifying all creation in their strivings and struggle!
The brotherhood of man.
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