The ribbons are frayed
What have we done today?
Flags fly on antennae
They, too, are frayed
What have we done today?

The ancestor said
"Choose liberty over safety"
Are we safer?
We are less free
What do we want
For our country?

The ribbons are frayed
What have we done today?

What can we say?
What can we do?
We are spied upon
Who is watching you?

The ribbons are frayed
What have we done today?

Under god
Under dog
We plod along
Through our fog
Speech, religion
Assembly, press
Do we still have them?
What is next?

When the first is gone,
The other nine will go
Bill of Rights
Rights for who?

The ribbons are frayed
What have we done today?

'84 or Handmaid's Tale
Philip K. Dick makes me pale
What is the future? 
What do you see?
Safety?
Or Liberty?

The ribbons are frayed
What have we done today?