Tom Morello
You Can Kill the Protester, but You Can’t Kill the Protest
[Verse 1]
You can spoon my eyes out
But I can still see through you
Slice my ears from my head
But you can't shut out the sounds of truth
Lop off each hand at the wrist
So I can't raise my fist
[Chorus]
You can kill the protestor (Can kill)
You can't kill the protest
You can murder the rebel (Murder)
You can't murder the rebellion
[Verse 2]
Sawed my feet at the ankles
But I wasn't gonna run (I wasn't gonna run)
So you grabbed my face
And sliced off my tongue
Lop off each hand at the wrist
So I can't raise my fist
[Chorus]
You can kill the protestor (Can kill)
You can't kill the protest
You can murder the rebel (Murder)
You can't murder the rebellion (No)
[Bridge]
Lying still now (No)
No way to speak (No)
And there's nothing to fear
There's nothing to fear (No)
Lying still now (No)
No way to speak (No)
There's nothing to fear
No, nothing to fear
Because bullets can't silence ideas
[Chorus]
You can kill the protestor (Can kill)
You can't kill the protest
You can murder the rebel (Murder)
You can't murder the rebellion
The rebellion
The rebellion
No