Just Think of How It Was That Hot July

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Just think of how it was that hot July
Under threat of being hanged for treason.
Let yourself have faith enough to die,
Yet let that faith be in the power of reason.
Feel the heady fear of rash rebellion,
Of chaos, blood, death, vengeance, mayhem, blight.
Unleash with noble words that ancient hellion
Reigning cruelly over years of night.
They turned out to be right, those bold, brave men.
However, think what terrors faced them then.

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Video Music: Subdivision of the Masses. By Philipp Weigl.
Performed by Philipp Weigl at the Free Music Archive under an Attribution License.

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