Born Defiant

My shores are rugged
 I am of the unfertile soils
 So harsh and bold my spirit
 My children born defiant
 Purify
 Amend, restore what liars crushed
 Rectify
 Reason shall conquer and prevail
 Throughout the ages, come war, plague and death
 I never faltered, no, never did I bend
 We're born defiant, through fire, ice and snow
 No vain denial shall ever dim these eyes
 We're born defiant, we are the spirits free
 No weak denial shall ever chain these souls to sleep
 I can tell a thousand lies for what they are
 Endure a thousand years and never yield
 I can host any kin and kind, and every creed
 but those that poison people and turn them into sheep
 Under burning skies, my vengeful children strike
 Their towers shall sway and fall into darkness
 Through the barred gates, swarm their halls
 A hammer swung at those that stole
 Purify
 Intellect shall triumph
 Rectify
 Thoughts not prayers lead the way
 Throughout the ages, come war, plague and death
 We never faltered, no, never did we bend
 I am a land they could never tame
 These words are proof that they failed, ignorance begone
 They call it heathen, I call it free
 They call it Norse blasphemy, I call it me
 I am a land they could not understand
 Where minds are harder to darken, reason's bastion
 They call it evil, I call it free
 I call it man over god
 I call it me