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The battered knight stood upon the hill

He catches his breath for a moment

while everything is still

He's battled for days;

he knows he hasn't much left

He knows his end is coming,

yet he'll die with no regrets

Against the injustices of his land

He'll see the reigning guard die

by his hand

If he fails, at least he died trying

For he ideals it was worth dying

The farmer stood beside the knight

Armed with a pitchfork and a scythe

He didn't want to pay his taxes anymore

He was sick of the rich

feeding off the poor

The collectors came

and tried to rob him blind

He refused to pay his taxes

and they called it a crime

He ran them off, sent them penniless

without a thing

He was the first man not to pay the king

[chorus]

It's the last act of defiance

A union against the king and the crown

Side by side they would die together

United together to bring the system down

Soon the duo formed an army

To secure a future

for their daughters and their sons

They led a mutual revolt

against authority

To make the system come undone

Many followed in their path

Their courage to speak

overcame their fears

Droves of citizens,

they all stepped forward

From all over the countryside

you could hear

[repeat chorus]

Together in unison they marched

on the king

With a roar, outlawed songs

they would sing

The revolt is in motion,

they have to be brave

For they'd rather die as free men

than to live as slaves