Die Gedanken sind frei
(Thoughts are Free)
Die Gedanken sind frei,
My thoughts freely flower.
Die Gedanken sind frei,
My thoughts give me power.
No scholar can map them;
No hunter can trap them.
No man can deny,
die Gedanken sind frei!
No man can deny,
die Gedanken sind frei.
I think as I please;
and this gives me pleasure.
My conscience decrees;
This right I must treasure.
My thoughts will not cater
To priest or dictator
No man can deny,
die Gedanken sind frei.
No man can deny,
die Gedanken sind frei.
And should tyrants take me
And throw me in prison
My thoughts will burst free
Like blossoms in season
Foundations may crumble,
And structures will tumble,
And free men will cry,
"Die Gedanken sind Frei!"
And free men will cry,
"Die Gedanken sind Frei!"
This song is adapted from a German folk song, and I further modified the English version by replacing "duke" with "priest", addressing both religious and political tyrants instead of political tyrants twice over.
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