In Defense of Our Good Name

Returning to solace

So sweet like honeysuckle on the tongue

The sound of silence blesses my ears

Enveloping like the earth

I will one day lie in

Metropolis is bad to wither the soul

Roaring concrete and steel

Washes you in blood

So let you point and laugh

Provincial ain't so bad

Take me back down to where I belong

To rust in rivers

I do not covet any man's life

I know my place all to well

One man's paradise

Is another man's living hell

To each their own

Generations ago made this place my own

The roots are deep and strong

Carry them wherever I go

Never wanted your approval

Never wanted your acceptance

Never wanted to be anything but me

Never wanted to be anywhere but here

Carry me Southeast bound home

To speak in defense of our good name

Lay me to rest with my kin

In the ground of God's country

Lash out at any who would smear you with hate

Deify no one, never crawl ashamed

The past screams injustice on Southern night wind

Whips, manacles, chains, musket balls

A dark history never forgotten, only misconception remains

Speak in defense of our good name

The blood of kin grants absolution

I'll join them soon enough

In the ground of God's country

Speak in defense of our good name

The blood of kin grants absolution

I'll join them soon enough

In the ground of God's country

Never wanted your acceptance

Never wanted your approval

Never wanted to be anything but me

Never wanted to be anywhere but right here