Die Gedanken Sind Frei
I've always been fond of this old German song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCKzYmZG2ow Fierce yet also playful, no wonder the Nazis hated it so much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j54HIGk_AEI I liked Pete Seeger's translation, which was the first version of it I heard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbwQXVcbkU0 I thought it would be better if it had a version which was entirely in English. My mind can run free My thoughts freely flower I think as I please My thoughts give me power No scholar can map them No jailer can trap them Though chained I may be My thoughts are still free I think as I please And this gives me pleasure My conscience decrees This right I must treasure My soul will not cater To duke or dictator Though chained I may be My heart is still free And should tyrants take me And throw me in prison My thoughts will burst free Like blossoms in season Foundations will crumble And thick walls will tumble No chains will we see For we all shall be free. Maybe I