The New Colossus Lyrics

I screamed in a dream and I woke

To find my voice gone

I cried out and choked for the air

Escaping my lungs

Till the greying that signals the light

Or the panic it starts to subside

The bitter taste and the unsteady pace

Will just be your comfort tonight

You can’t tell that anything's changed

But the air tastes wrong

There’s a chill on the breeze that begins

To cut through your guard

And you feel yourself starting to bend

And complacency smiles like a friend

But hope draws a breath

In the dark to test your resolve

But what can you do

When the word that you're given

Was all that you had

And broke to begin with

I’ll fight for you love

I’ll fight for you love

I’ll fight for you love

Because you stood for mine

And had more on the line

And I’ll be damned

There's a girl standing tall on a hill

With a fist in the air

She wont give up any more ground

The line’s drawn there

Did you forget what freedom was for

Is there light still on this golden door

Steel yourselves friends because this doesn't end

With my hand still waiting for yours

But what can you do

When the word that your given

Was all that you had

And broke to begin with

I’ll fight for you love

I’ll fight for you love

I’ll fight for you love

Because you stood for mine

And had more on the line

And I’ll be damned