Dan Bull - WikiLeaks and the Need for Free Speech lyrics

It's been said that the first
Casualty of war is truth
And I'm inclined to agree listen:

We live in an age of instant information
So isn't it strange that things have
Been hidden away from us
Governments think we need to gain their trust
But, it's the other way around
Just take a look
Nothing tells us more than raw data does
So, it's important it's all available to us
Plus put up for debate
And looked at by the public's gaze
Because there's a lot more to be gained from
Taking off the ball and the chain
And the blinkers that have been causing us
Pain in more than one way
Power to the people? We've
Fallen away from it
There's a formal name for this
It's called a dictatorship
And censorship's not restoring our
Faith for shit
So let's rip away the red tape and paperclips
It's a shame that it's come to
This for freedom of speech
That we need a safe haven
For people that leak
But, you see, we speak what we seek
And we just seek what we speak
And that's the truth that's keeping us free

The truth will set you free
The truth will set you free

The issue's prickly when it
Comes to WikiLeaks different people see it
Differently and disagree
Does it pillory the bigotry
Of ministries of tyranny
Or is it merely hindering
The coalition's victory?
It's a mystery to me, but look at history
You'll see that liberty is eager
To face up to inquiry
We learnt a heap from Bradley Manning
Didn't we? We saw conspiracy hidden beneath
The sheet of anonymity
This military intelligence is giving
Me the evidence
We really need to step up and declare
That we're fed up of it
Why should we trust you when
Everything that does come through
Shows we shouldn't trust you as far
As we could chuck you
Try to silence something
It'll become amplified
Magnified by wires, waves and satellite
We won't be pacified by
The fact it's classified
You need a mandate from the
People to be ratified
So on their behalf I shall
Provide this battle cry
To tell the powers that be
That we're clearly unsatisfied
And if you ignore my reasonable plea
That's just fine by me
'cause all the media's seen
The cause and reason for leaks is
More than freedom of speech
It's also people's belief that we
All need to be briefed
In order to keep all the peace
We ought to police the police
And that takes much more than
Just the formal PR release
So all in all you see, we speak what we seek
And we just seek what we speak
It's the truth that's keeping us free

The truth will set you free
The truth will set you free

Should we listen to the
Whistleblowers? Of course
Even if it'll throw us off course?
Of course
'cause if you need to suppress the truth
Then I expect that you've
Got some regretful news
But, it's best that you confess and soon
Before we end up less than destitute
Civilian deaths and executions are routine
While billions are spent on weapon producing
Do you think you can reduce the terror threat
By inflicting terror on an infant
That's never witnessed terror yet
Look, if Americans had taken my parents away
I'd never forget my vendetta 'til
I'd settled the debt
It'd take more than an open
Letter to let you know
That what we see's obviously not democracy
It's puppetry
This jungle's burning and we can't
See the wood for trees sky's keeping us dry
So we need someone to leak
Because you see, we speak what we seek
And we just seek what we speak
It's the truth that's keeping us free

The truth will set you free
The truth will set you free
The truth will set you free
The truth will set you free

Thanks to WikiLeaks - one of
The most important websites ever
And thanks to everyone who's put their
Personal safety on the line
In order to expose something that they
Feel needs to be known
The truth will set you free