Voice of Freedom

[Verse 1]
Beneath the spire
Amongst the silk and stone
A conscience burns with steady fire
He stands inside the halls alone
Words of truth
Meeting walls of gold
One man claims a different path
Where human lives are never bought or sold

[Pre-Chorus]
Forty years of trying
While a world is dying
Every petition signed in blood
Holding back the rising flood

[Chorus]
William Wilberforce
Lead us through the narrow gate
To break the heavy iron chains
Restore the light and change our fate
William Wilberforce
Voice that rings through all of time
Upholding every stolen soul
And turning duty into something truly sublime

[Verse 2]
Opposition screams
Across the crowded room
Yet the gospel shapes his dreams
Lighting up the heavy gloom
Tenacious spirit
He will never bow
The moral weight of ancient wrong
Must be corrected here and now

[Pre-Chorus]
Forty years of trying
While a world is dying
Every petition signed in blood
Holding back the rising flood

[Chorus]
William Wilberforce
Lead us through the narrow gate
To break the heavy iron chains
Restore the light and change our fate
William Wilberforce
Voice that rings through all of time
Upholding every stolen soul
And turning duty into something truly sublime

[Bridge]
Eighteen hundred and seven
Witnessed by the host of heaven
No more trade across the deep
Promises we have to keep
The victory is near
Justice cast out every fear
Be the change
Be the hope

[Chorus]
William Wilberforce
Lead us through the narrow gate
To break the heavy iron chains
Restore the light and change our fate
William Wilberforce
Voice that rings through all of time
Upholding every stolen soul
And turning duty into something truly sublime