I heard an Eagle Cry! Live Free of Die!!!
I wrote the song, Live Free or Die!, when I was volunteering in a maximum security prison. A man serving a life sentence told me he had found peace 10 years into his sentence while watching a bird flying through the bars of his jail cell. In that moment he felt peace, and while the bird had no possessions and was a simple creature, it knew was created for a reason. He realized that even in a prison, with a purpose he could be free. It was then he let his hate and anger go, and he became a new man, dedicated to following God and learning what it means to be free.
I wrote this song for him inspired by the bird and my own motorcycle trip to freedom. Click here to listen to a free stream on my music player!
Live Free or Die!!!
by Silouan Green
Dark rooms and battered dreams, Pretty girls just memories
Remember when I thought I’d be someone
Rains came crashing in on me, looking around but I can’t see
I can’t feel anything, there is no hope for me
I heard an eagle cry, she said live free or die
Ain’t gonna fall on a deaf ear
Left my front door open one day, sold my radio, computer, TV
Bought a bike and then I raced toward the Texas sky
Smelled the grass, the dew, the trees, I just road and road you see
Found a girl and I know she’s gonna be the one
I heard an eagle cry, she said live free or die
Ain’t gonna fall on a deaf ear
Ooh, ooh, ooo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo,
Having a beer in my big chair, I got children everywhere
Singing songs about the roads I done seen
When I hear the devil’s song, tells me I’m just a little someone
I look outside and I can hear her singing to me
I heard an eagle cry, she said live free or die
Ain’t gonna fall on a deaf ear
Ooh, ooh, ooo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo
Ooh, ooh, ooo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo
