Benedict Arnold

Cunning earned you praise

Merchant turned militia

1770s

Ticonderoga

A corp at Champlain

Bravery built you a legend politics would raze

Your name is known throughout history

For treason and betrayal

Truth can't be simple as it reads

No man's life, two words can explain

Your heart was broken

Your loyalty dismayed

You're passed over by Continental Congress

Moment of weakness

Temptation to be great

At West Point you met your turncoat

No matter how red its shade

Your name is known throughout history

For treason and betrayal

Truth can't be simple as it reads

No man's life, two words can explain

Better days

Fallen hero

Ex-patriot

If you could speak

What would you say?

God bless this land

God save the king?

Better days

Fallen hero

Expatriate

If you could speak

What would you say?

God bless this land

God save the king?

[Vocalizing]

Better days

Fallen hero

Expatriate

If you could speak

What would you say?

God bless this land

God save the king?

Better days

Fallen hero

Expatriate

If you could speak

What would you say?

God bless this land

God save the king?

[Benedict Arnold]

They may be assured, that conscious of the rectitude of my intentions, I shall treat their malice and calumnies with contempt and neglect