Code for Freedom

[Verse 1]
Lines scrolling down a dark display
He tapped at truths they wished away
Typed in the Cairo heat
Codes to keep the network sweet
Open systems meant the air was shared
Because he cared

[Chorus]
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Righteousness is more than just a word
Your liberty is heard
Through every firewall
Over the prison wall
One voice for us all

[Verse 2]
Tahrir Square turned into a dock
He watched the iron heavy lock
A warrior behind the glass
Refusing to let justice pass
Civic duties etched in prison ink
Helping us think

[Chorus]
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Righteousness is more than just a word
Your liberty is heard
Through every firewall
Over the prison wall
One voice for us all

[Bridge]
What is right but to state the fact
Refusing to follow a scripted act
Every blogger knows your name
Turning darkness into flame
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
The code remains
Without the chains

[Chorus]
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Righteousness is more than just a word
Your liberty is heard
Through every firewall
Over the prison wall
One voice for us all

[Post-Chorus]
Still writing
Still writing
He is writing
He is free