(A new followup to a compo song I wrote in 2010)
[verse]
Just in time, the wall had fell. The rejoicing filled the streets
I didn't have a doubt that we had conquered the evil
Most of us had survived to the sequel
Dawn had risen, chapters closed, all the badness swept away
and we were free to roam and make our lives for ourselves
Oppression had dissolved in an instant
So what we did just then, we remembered who were gone
They went and made the ultimate of sacrifice for us
We will not forget what they brought us
[chorus]
The rebels, they are among us
The rebels, they fought the battles
The rebels, they were the fighters
The rebels, they who departed
[verse]
I feel a tinge of dark, as we march down toward the streets
But there we plant a new flag to mark it
When the rebels were here to spark it
I go and shake it off, all the doubt I had inside
It's time to mark a newborn day, and open a new door
Kindred spirits fill up the town floor