From the recording Echo and Ash
Lyrics
Once there was a dream
There would be no kings
You and me would finally be free
Then the sun sank down
On our tender little town
No one had their guts to disagree
Once was only us
And a blunderbuss
To stand against the brutal, bitter wind
But we shouldered it together
And we tore through our treasure
For a new world no prince could rescind
We hold the lamp of independence
High for the world to find through the fog
Blue with the scars of our experience
None shall ever rise above the law
Tired of the swords
There would be no lords
No silence screeches your name
But trend a little graver
And they run to find a savior
Shadow-men feed on bile and blame
We hold the mirror of independence
Never to sleep
Never to slag
We sing the songs
That right the wrongs
Songs of our innocence
No kings but us!
No kings at all!
Once there was a dream
There would be no kings
Once there was a dream
There would be no kings
No kings!
No kings!
No kings at all!
No kings at all!
All must do time for their crimes
You won’t change my mind
Once there was a dream
There would be no kings
Once there was a dream
There would be no kings