We flee the brutal woods of dread and fright,Where life is solitary, poor, and base,Where every hand is raised in lawless might,And fear is etched upon each passing face.We lay our weapons down before the crown,And trade our wild freedom for the peace,We build the iron walls of every town,To make the terrors of the night-time cease.Yet man was born completely free and wild,But everywhere he walks, he is in chains,Is order worth the liberty defiled,And all the heavy burdens it sustains?We sign the ledger with a silent pen:We yield our freedom to be citizens.
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