By Conscience Compelled

They're defenseless creatures

That were sentenced to die.

Held captive from their inception

Throughout their lives.

Instinctual yearning to escape, to be free.

Their only value to humans is monetary.

A silhouette in the dark,

Bolt cutters slice through steel

To emancipate the condemned

By conscience compelled

Clouds cover over

Each mink disappears into the night

By conscience compelled

Adrenaline surges. Anxiety boils.

The sense of empathy

Overwhelms the fear

Compassion overpowers all the hesitation

Animated by the urgency

Fate has handed their rescue down to me.

A silhouette in the dark,

Bolt cutters slice through steel

To emancipate the condemned

By conscience compelled

Clouds cover over

Each mink disappears into the night

By conscience compelled.

The net slowly closes. Can't slip away.

Stay paces ahead

With nowhere to hide

They were always one step behind

It was only a matter of time

Now nothing to regret

Locked inside a prison cell

Driven by conviction

Nothing near their hell

A silhouette in the dark,

Bolt cutters slice through steel

To emancipate the condemned

By conscience compelled

Clouds cover over

Each mink disappears into the night

By conscience compelled.

There are no regrets.

There are no regrets.

By conscience compelled.

By conscience compelled.