I’ve never been much for writing political songs, and I thought the first few lines of these lyrics would turn into a liberal creed. Instead, I decided to speak from a point of view opposite of mine. The working title of this song was “Untitled (ACO 3)”, but now it will be called “Love and Pride“.
“Love and Pride”
March 7, 2005
Can you feel it? A change about to come
Can you sense it? Uncertainty of what’s ahead
A chance to turn the hands of fate
Back to a time when nothing was in doubt
Do you feel it? A chance to right the wrongs
Do you want it? Security and peace of mind
A bedrock of our moral ground
A certainty in what we know is true
Damn the ones who want to change our ways
Give me freedom, and all my love and pride
Will be yours
A chance to fix what didn’t break
A chance to right what isn’t wrong
A chance to fight for sanctity
Of truth we’ve held for oh so long
A chance to turn the hands of fate
Back to a time when nothing was in doubt
Is it dream, or is it memory?
Take me back now, and all my love and pride
Will be yours