Because once there was a man
Who wanted to build a castle in the air
In a time when dreaming was forbidden
And yet flew beyond the clouds
And because there once was a woman
Who saw the world around her
In a time of war and madness
And couldn't close her eyes
To violence and oppression
Free to choose for ourselves
What we want to live for
Or to write it down
Because of people like them
And because there once was a time
In which a child, because of name and color and race
Was no longer sure of their life
And because there were people
Who, at risk of their own lives
Didn't stay silent then
Free to choose for ourselves
What we want to live for
Or to write it down
Because of people like them
The soldiers on the beach
Because of people like them
Free to choose for ourselves
What we want to live for
Or to write it down
To castles in the air
Where the freedom of one
Doesn't oppress the other
That one day on the ruins
You can build a new city again
Because of people like them