Lay me to rest with my kin
Speak in defense of our good name
Speak in defense of our good name
Carry me Southeast bound home
Enveloping like the earth
Never wanted your acceptance
Washes you in blood
Carry them wherever I go
Never wanted to be anything but me
The past screams injustice on Southern night wind
Never wanted your approval
To each their own
A dark history never forgotten, only misconception remains
I know my place all to well
The blood of kin grants absolution
The blood of kin grants absolution
Whips, manacles, chains, musket balls
I do not covet any man's life
Never wanted your approval
Never wanted to be anything but me
I will one day lie in
Is another man's living hell
Never wanted to be anywhere but here
To rust in rivers
Metropolis is bad to wither the soul
In the ground of God's country
I'll join them soon enough
Take me back down to where I belong
In the ground of God's country
So let you point and laugh
One man's paradise
Never wanted your acceptance
Provincial ain't so bad
In the ground of God's country
Roaring concrete and steel
Lash out at any who would smear you with hate
The sound of silence blesses my ears
Deify no one, never crawl ashamed
The roots are deep and strong
Generations ago made this place my own
I'll join them soon enough
To speak in defense of our good name
