still we defy

let all the echoes die we'll still be heard
by those who most the naked truth should learn
to claim the lie will win is just absurd
let all the echoes die we'll still be heard

we are the ones who have the honest word
and in our minds the brightest fire must burn
let all the echoes die we'll still be heard
by those who most the naked truth should learn

those who deny the plain truth we must spurn
their faces must in memory soon fade
we take the straight path we will never turn
those who deny the plain truth we must spurn

what we achieve with hard effort we earn
the fire that rises cannot be allayed
those who deny the plain truth we must spurn
the faces must in memory soon fade

our minds and hearts require no magic aid
no magic powers and no magic bird
to teach us their as yet unseemly trade
our minds and hearts require no magic aid

enough that we may still lead the parade
each shining hero here was once a nerd
our minds and hearts require no magic aid
no magic powers and no magic bird