A nation stands with heart in hand
To sing their anthem proudly 
Voices raised to sing their praise 
Of their hollow country
All this talk of freedom 
And some talk of liberty 
From your plastic podium 
You try and convince me I can't fall anymore 
For some silver-tongued song 
Your freedom isn't free 
So let me say what freedom means to
I can's see red, white, and blue waving in the air 
I don't hear the bombs bursting and I don't even care
I'm sorry for my lack of faith I'm not the greatest patriot 
If this is all their is to freedom I don't want it I can't fall anymore
For some silver-tongued song 
Your freedom isn't free 

So let me say what freedom means to
Pushing us a drug that you call freedom and democracy 
Promise us that selfishness is the means for happiness 
I burned that bridge so long ago that I can hardly see 
Anything but solace in what freedom means to me I can't fall anymore 
For some silver-tongued song 
Freedom isn't free 
So let me say what freedom means to 
It cannot mean to serve ourselves 
That doesn't mean a thing 
It doesn't mean to give the license 
To seek ourselves in anything 
That would be slavery to ourselves it isn't free
Jesus Christ, the only thing that freedom means to me.