Monster - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Once the religious, the hunted and weary

Chasing the promise of freedom and hope

Came to this country to build a new vision

Far from the reaches of kingdom and pope

Like good Christians some would burn the witches

Later some got slaves to gather riches

But still from near and far to seek America

They came by thousands, to court the wild

But she just patiently smiled, and bore them a child

To be their spirit, and guiding light

And once the ties with the crown had been broken

Westward in saddle and wagon they went

And till the railroad linked ocean to ocean

Many the lives which had come to an end

While we bullied, stole and bought our a homeland

We began the slaughter of the red man

But still from near and far to seek America

They came by thousands, to court the wild

But she just patiently smiled, and bore them a child

To be their spirit, and guiding light

The blue and gray they stomped it

They kicked it just like a dog

And when the war was over

They stuffed it just like a hog

And though the past has its share of injustice

Kind was the spirit in many a way

But its protectors and friends have been sleeping

Now it's a monster and will not obey