Oh, I was free to live and love and kill as I saw fit I was at peace, I really was, no one I was at war with The only common good was that we understood that laws unjust were only good for breaking That difference legalized instead of sameness left nobody free But that was the day before I married my conscience to the state My taxes paid these road we laid to places of my choosing There were no eyes up in the skies looking down into my bed There was no government without our consent And keys were made for anyone who just claimed it And glass was all of every wall that framed it from sea to shining sea But that was the day before I married my conscience to the state Right and wrong were written on my heart and not just in the laws that condemned me But now with Caesar satisfied I can even do the things that should offend me