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The Land I Was Told Was Free

from Empires by Wen Reagan

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The sun it rose and then it set
on these fertile hills
then the fire arose with a roar
with a roar
The armies came, the houses burned
life was sold for gold
my empire has fallen apart
I can't trust these walls,
their bricks, their ramparts
So I flee
from awakening the song in me
to a land I was told was free
but here their eyes are closed
and they cannot see
This is no land of the free
The buildings rose, the people sang
progress all around
but their hearts were nowhere to be found,
to be found
With business suits and high-heel boots
they traveled through the land
but the chains still wrapped around their dirty feet
and their hearts were muzzled down on every street
So I fled
from awakening the song in me
to a land I was told was free
but here they close their eyes
and they cannot see
this is no land of the free
In story books, melodic hooks
the blurry dream lives on
the golden land where freedom always rings,
always sings
And in their hearts and in their minds
an image of a king
one whose blood will come to cover everything
one whose staff and rod will comfort and will bring
Me to flee
from silencing the song in me
to a land that I know is free
and here their eyes are blessed
with sight so they see
the true land of the free

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from Empires, released October 1, 2007
©2007 Wen Reagan. All Rights Reserved.

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Wen Reagan Durham, North Carolina

Wen Reagan is a singer-songwriter and worship leader based in Durham, North Carolina. Wen serves as the Director of Music and Worship at Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church, teaches worship at Samford University and Duke Divinity School, and contributes as a songwriter for Cardiphonia, a national network of worship songwriters writing for the love of the church. ... more

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