The State

Oh, I was free to live and love and kill as I saw fit

I was at peace, I really was, no one I was at war with

The only common good was that we understood that laws unjust were only good for breaking

That difference legalized instead of sameness left nobody free

But that was the day before I married my conscience to the state

My taxes paid these road we laid to places of my choosing

There were no eyes up in the skies looking down into my bed

There was no government without our consent

And keys were made for anyone who just claimed it

And glass was all of every wall that framed it from sea to shining sea

But that was the day before I married my conscience to the state

Right and wrong were written on my heart and not just in the laws that condemned me

But now with Caesar satisfied I can even do the things that should offend me