Some Fighting' words from an American Patriot.

After not playing it for ages, I heard this again over the weekend.  It makes for a great "Thumb in your eye, we're gonna kick your ass!" type of statement.  I vaguely remembered reading about "Don't Tread on Me" in school, so I looked it up to refresh my memory.  Enjoy:


Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
never begins it, never, but once engaged...
never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage

 

don't tread on me

 

so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...

 

don't tread on me

 

love it or live it, she with the deadly bite
quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike
shining with brightness, always on surveillance
the eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance

 

don't tread on me

 

so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...

 

don't tread on me

 

so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war

 

liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
once you provoke her, rattling on her tail

 

so be it
threaten no more
to secure peace is to prepare for war
so be it
settle the score
touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...

 

don't tread on me


 

 

by Metallica http://www.metallica.com


Title: Don't Tread On Me
Album: Metallica
Original Release Date: August 12, 1991
Real Player download: http://realmedia.artistdirect.com/ramgen/metallica/metallica_com/real/aud/dual/tread.rm?usehostname
Windows Media Player download: http://wmf.artistdirect.com/metallica/metallica_com/wm/aud/56/tread.asf

 

 

 

but they didn't originate the words...

To find out who the patriot was..
 

See also:

The Gadsden Flag

Founding Fathers information

Don't Tread on Me: The Rattlesnake
as a Symbol of American Independence http://www.foundingfathers.info/stories/gadsden.html


Voice of Iron: The 143rd Signal Battalion, 3rd Armor Division