Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Original Version
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They call me Lady Liberty
It just rolls off the tongue of the people who are already free
But I had a much grander mission
To honor all the souls who enabled abolition
I hold my torch and it lights up the sky
And many people believe they've climbed up that high
Just like many believe that all Americans are free
As if they have copper ears that do not hear
Or copper eyes that do not see
I was born to celebrate the end of slavery
But somehow that got lost in history
At my feet lie the shackles that were broken
But my copper lips are sealed and I can't say the words that should be spoken
There are two kinds of original sin
One comes from the garden and the other the plantation
Does the Lord care about the color of your skin as he bathes you in clean water
(Kyrie Eleison)
and grants you absolution
I welcome all my fellow immigrants
'Cause I know too well how this shoreline can strip you of your innocence
Has no one stolen your birthright or robbed you of your dignity
Well, just climb up in my head and see only what you want to see
I was born to celebrate the end of slavery
But somehow that got lost in history
At my feet lie the shackles that were broken
But my copper lips are sealed and I can't say the words that should be spoken
(Kyrie Eleison)
20 years after the Civil War
Nobody wanted to remember or talk about it anymore
But flesh and souls beaten have scars that ever last
And silence and ignorance keep us shackled to our past
I was born to celebrate the end of slavery
But somehow that got lost in history
At my feet lie the shackles that were broken
But my copper lips are sealed and I can't say the words that should be spoken
Original Version
youtu.be/8C_R0tK4p3s?si=ypo96OuA8RmVdAB_
They call me Lady Liberty
It just rolls off the tongue of the people who are already free
But I had a much grander mission
To honor all the souls who enabled abolition
I hold my torch and it lights up the sky
And many people believe they've climbed up that high
Just like many believe that all Americans are free
As if they have copper ears that do not hear
Or copper eyes that do not see
I was born to celebrate the end of slavery
But somehow that got lost in history
At my feet lie the shackles that were broken
But my copper lips are sealed and I can't say the words that should be spoken
There are two kinds of original sin
One comes from the garden and the other the plantation
Does the Lord care about the color of your skin as he bathes you in clean water
(Kyrie Eleison)
and grants you absolution
I welcome all my fellow immigrants
'Cause I know too well how this shoreline can strip you of your innocence
Has no one stolen your birthright or robbed you of your dignity
Well, just climb up in my head and see only what you want to see
I was born to celebrate the end of slavery
But somehow that got lost in history
At my feet lie the shackles that were broken
But my copper lips are sealed and I can't say the words that should be spoken
(Kyrie Eleison)
20 years after the Civil War
Nobody wanted to remember or talk about it anymore
But flesh and souls beaten have scars that ever last
And silence and ignorance keep us shackled to our past
I was born to celebrate the end of slavery
But somehow that got lost in history
At my feet lie the shackles that were broken
But my copper lips are sealed and I can't say the words that should be spoken
