From the recording EMPIRE
“Be it resolved” is both a moral stance as well as a political declaration. Without the consent of the governed, the obscenely wealthy and the Empire that feeds them cannot survive.
Lyrics
Uniform hanging in my closet
Nightmares hanging in my head
Two things that I fear the most
Voice of the living, voice of the dead
Be it resolved
Be it resolved
Hole in the roof from the hurricane
Mercenary banging on the door
My feet are wet from the water on the porch
Heaven of the rich, hell of the poor
Be it resolved
Be it resolved
Can't hear my phone, there's blood on the line
There's a ghost behind the screen
Children tied to the profit wheel
Ground up in the machine
Be it resolved
Be it resolved
Money for blood, don't mind the pain
It's all tax exempt
Clean the blood from the bank account
Beneath Empire's contempt
Be it resolved
Be it resolved
Be it resolved that we the people, we the people, we ALL the people
Following these hundred generations
Declare this Empire null and void, null and void, null and void
No safety trade for killing our relations
And we will love for a thousand years to heal the wounds of Empire
By the roadside graves, unmarked unknown
By the children under the school ground
By water and air, foul and dark
By the sisters who will never be found
By the power of the moon
By the voices of the dead
By the song of the mothers
By blood and birth and bread
Be it resolved that Empire has fallen.