(Rose, Pitman)

Lyrics

I won't be told anymore
That I've been brought down in this storm
And left so far out from the shore
That I can't find my way back, my way anymore
Oh no I won't be told anymore
That I've been brought down in this storm
And left so far out from the shore
That I can't find my way back, my way anymore
Oh I, I

Forgive them that tear down my soul
And bless them that they might grow old
And free them so that they may know
That it's never too late
For the many times what seemed like a memory
I've searched and found the ways
You used to lure me in
Oh, I found the ways
Oh, Why it had to be
Mired in denial, and so afraid
If we ever find its true
That we had the strength to choose
Oh, The freed of all the chains
We have together

(Quotes:)

"I'm gonna tell you a story" (1)
"Stand up for righteousness!" (2)
"Eh...What?" (3)
"Stand up for justice"! (2)
"Eh...What?" (3)
"Stand up for truth!" (2)
"How can a person grow up with all this around them?" (4)
"You got to call on that something" (2)
"Where does it come from?" (5)
"That can make a way out of no way" (2)
"All this hatred?" (5)
"What we've got here is..." (3)
"Fear!" (4)
"That power that can make a way out of now no way" (2)
"Failure to communicate" (3)
"I tell ya I've seen the lightning flash...I've heard the thunder roll!" (2)
"Everybody's acting like we can do anything and it don't matter what we do. Maybe we gotta be extra careful because maybe it matters more than we even know..." (6)
"Sometimes..." (2)
"Hatred isn't somethin' you're born with" (7)
"I feel discouraged" (2)
"It gets taught" (7)
"Sometimes I feel discouraged" (2)
"I felt this ... fear" (4)
"He promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone, no never alone, no never alone!" (2)
"Let's get something straight, alright?" (8)
"Promised never to leave me!" (2)
"This whole thing was fucked up" (8)
"Never to leave me alone!" (2)
"All men betray. All lose heart!" (9)
"I don't want to lose heart!...I want to believe" (10)
"Black men and white men" (11)
"Together at the table of brotherhood!" (11)
"I have a dream" (11)
"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty!! WE ARE FREE AT LAST!!" (11)

I won't be told anymore
If we ever find it's true
That I've been brought down in this storm
That we have the strength to choose
And left so far out from the shore
Oh, freed of all the chains
That I can't find my way back, my way anymore
Oh no I won't be told anymore
If we ever find it's true
That I've been brought down in this storm
That we have the strength to choose
And left so far out from the shore
Oh, freed of all the chains
That I can't find my way back, my way anymore
We held together

Performers:
Axl Rose - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Synth French Horns, Sample Collage
Buckethead - Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar
Robin Finck - Rhythm Guitar
Bumblefoot - Rhythm Guitar
Paul Tobias - Rhythm Guitar
Tommy Stinson - Bass Guitar
Chris Pitman - Bass Guitar, Sub Bass, Keyboards, Drum Programming
Brain - Drums
Marco Beltrami - Orchestra
Paul Buckmaster - Additional Orchestra
Suzy Katayama - French Horns

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Footnotes:

1.) - FBI Agent Monk (portrayed by Badja Djola), Mississippi Burning, 1988; written by Chris Gerolmo

2.) - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Why Jesus Called A Man A Fool (Delivered at Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, on 27 August 1967)

3.) - Road Prison 36 Captain (portrayed by Strother Martin), Cool Hand Luke, 1967; written by Donn Pearce

4.) - Detective William Somerset (portrayed by Morgan Freeman), Se7en, 1995; written by Andrew Kevin Walker

5.) - FBI Agent Alan Ward (portrayed by Willem Dafoe); Mississippi Burning, 1988; written by Chris Gerolmo

6.) - Private Eriksson (portrayed by Michael J. Fox), Casualties of War, 1989; written by Daniel Lang

7.) - Mrs. Pell (portrayed by Frances McDormand); Mississippi Burning, 1988; written by Chris Gerolmo

8.) - Agent Rupert Anderson (portrayed by Gene Hackman), Mississippi Burning, 1988; written by Chris Gerolmo

9.) -The Leper / Robert the 16th Earl of Bruce (portrayed by Ian Bannen), Braveheart, 1995; written by Randall Wallace

10) - Robert the 17th Earl of Bruce, (portrayed by Angus McFadyen), Braveheart, 1995; written by Randall Wallace

11) - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have A Dream, (Delivered as the keynote speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on 28 August 1963; written by Julian Bond)