Flames of the free, just come and take me
 After I burn it will be your turn

 Ancient tales tell how life began in the ice and flames of the old world burning
 Recent times tell of trial and error, the reign of terror will soon be turning

 Cages of fear that the future holds nothing but our dismal past with a vengeance

 Flames of the free, just come and take me
 Out of deep desperation
 After I burn it will be your turn
 For the good of our nation
 Flames of the free, just come and take me
 Let me fall in the fire
 After I burn it will be your turn
 To be cast on the pyre

 Worn out is your welcome when subjects would rather fry than linger
 In a world of this heedless hunger desire for freedom grows only stronger

 Burning is better when men have been utterly bereft of hope in the future

 Flames of the free, just come and take me
 Out of deep desperation
 After I burn it will be your turn
 For the good of our nation
 Flames of the free, just come and take me
 Let me fall in the fire
 After I burn it will be your turn
 To be cast on the pyre