This is our home.

The King sat upon his throne, and his heart pondered deeply of what was, and what would be. The constant shadows that lingered in the dark, the uncertainty of the future of his kingdom. The constant thinking of how all things would work, and the many attempts to find a solution, only to find it unsatisfying, at best. “My heart is weighed with such a heavy burden, more so than the people of the west should ever have to deal with. Liberty and freedom, is what my forebears fought for, and what I will continue to hope and strive for, no matter how dark the night,” the King thought to himself. The King reminisced for a moment. His heart pondered over the tales of his ancestors, and the songs of old. He lifted himself up from his throne, and began to sing.

Lingering upon the old, considering what was within the new,

Where once our way was met with disdain, we would then, pursue,

The bitter strain, the constant strife, the desire for a new life,

The desire to freely practice, at the edge of a knife.

And so we left, and so we sought,

For we left behind, all the old world had wrought.

Through terrains we endured, and through storms, we held fast,

To see our future, preserving hope, right before the mast!

Through the ancient days of tyranny, we sought a way to be,

Where liberty and freedom for posterity, reigned from sea to shining sea,

We endured and fought and died, so that our children would be surely blest,

We sought our home upon this land, the free people of the west!

Through blood and toil, through shedding of sweat and tears,

Through the facing of constant shadows and overcoming fears,

We boldly faced the shadows, and overcame tyrannies way,

We endured the darkest days on earth, and fought until the break of day!

Through the ancient days of tyranny, we sought a way to be,

Where liberty and freedom for posterity, reigned from sea to shining sea,

We endured and fought and died, so that our children would be surely blest,

We sought our home upon this land, the free people of the west!

And so I vow with all my heart, not to abandon that which is my portion, my keep!

No matter what darkness would lurk, or what terror would surely creep!

So that through every corner of every land, from sea to shining sea,

Every person throughout the earth would know, the lands of the west are free!

Through the ancient days of tyranny, we sought a way to be,

Where liberty and freedom for posterity, reigned from sea to shining sea,

We endured and fought and died, so that our children would be surely blest,

We sought our home upon this land, the free people of the west!

The King allowed a tear to slip from his eye, as his heart became grieved by the memories of old. His subjects and guards saw his tear drops, and they too, began to cry and weep with him. “The west has always been a place of freedom, of liberty! May it be so now, and forevermore! For the lands of the westfold!” the King of the West declared. “For the lands of the westfold!” the others responded in unison.

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