Secession

Their genocidal war is declared - we declare our secession
And suffer reprisals, proscription, arrests
Like our brothers and sisters in cell blocks, on shopfloors, in cages
We're marked for death
They buy, sell, and enslave us
We break from their mazes
They starve out escapees, gut our hearts, cut our ties
We sow seeds and bear fruit
They clearcut and uproot
We survive...We thrive
Bridges are for burning, as tables are for turning
And nothing they offer could ever ease this yearning
Better wounds than regrets, better doomed than suppressed
But we're not doomed just yet
We are sparks in the night
In this empire of ice
We set fires in the streets and the hearts of their young
They destroy and devour
But we'll heal all the damage they've done
And when we shatter their silence
And they answer with violence
We'll dance in the shackles and sing through the trial
They are banking on death
But we'll outlive them yet
Though they've bulldozed our heartlands
And brainwashed our families
And poisoned our passions
And smothered all hope from our souls
We survive

By: Requiem, "Storm Heaven"