the noose around my neck cinched in tight unmercifully the tighter that it gets enables only my eyes to see truth through all the dust twisted lies which you decree the system unjust you will never bend my knees the broken and the blessed both sides try to preach to me social unrest who labeled me the enemy in pieces shall we rest for those who choose not to believe so put me to the test who wrote those pages of history subject to another threat living without regrets pay the price with my death the persecuted won t forget i cannot breathe you watch the pain suffocating me lies lies i cannot breathe you watch me bleed suffocate me can t break away my heart still beats unsevered my soul be saved amen condemned forever i ve been awakened can t be mistaken the lessons beseech you break free from the noose the noose around my neck cinched in tight relentlessly the tighter that it gets my heart still beats but i can not breathe in pieces shall we rest for those who choose not to believe liberty in death after all is said you won t break me subject to another threat living without regrets pay the price with my death the persecuted won t forget