Rebel Fate

Eager to burn old glory
 But the colors are too faded
 I've been abandoned by america
 Or have I betrayed it?
 We plant freedom in a foreign land
 But you can't reap the rights we've sown
 With a working man's hand
 You don't have the body
 Quite like you used to
 Before the military commissions act
 Was voted through
 and process is due to you
 But when you're charged with nothing
 In the system there's nothing that you can do
 We are a new Rome and we cross a Rubicon
 And back at home the republic's all gone
 As we wait for smoke to clear
 What else do we have to fear?
 I went neighborhood walking
 And street corner talking
 To call my people to action
 But there's no stopping them from shopping
 Somebody slammed a door in my face
 Somebody said I'm with you
 But it's too late to save this place
 And he said I was once like you
 And I used to protest too
 But the powers that be are too great
 So walk away from your rebel fate