The track details the case of animal rights activist Kevin Kjonaas. Kjonaas, along with six activists, was arrested in 2004 for violating the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. The law is loosely worded and according to Kevin:
The law states that whoever uses a facility in interstate commerce to physi...
[Verse 1]
They took a man from his home
Took everything that he owned
And built him a prison with his mind
They couldn't kill the man's hope
The words he said, they can't choke
His words spread like a fire burning bright
[Pre-Chorus]
Now it's catching on
So before the dawn
Free Kevin Jonas
Free Kevin Jonas
[Chorus]
Let him go, let him go
'Cause that man is innocent
He's only just been speaking his own mind
So let him go, let him go
Yeah, that man is innocent
How can they see the truth when they're all blind?
So let him go
[Verse 2]
Your jail is only four walls
Your jail won't take his resolve
Yeah, I know this man will change the world
(I know this man can change the world)
They took his freedom away
But they'll never make him obey
A wild horse, this man will never tame
(Yeah, he'll never tame, he'll never tame)
[Pre-Chorus]
Now, it's catching on
So before the dawn
Free Kevin Jonas
Free Kevin Jonas
[Chorus]
Let him go, let him go
'Cause that man is innocent
He's only just been speaking his own mind
So let him go, let him go
'Cause that man is innocent
How can they see the truth when they're all blind?
So, let him go
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
Now it's catching on
So before the dawn
Free Kevin Jonas
Free Kevin Jonas
[Chorus]
Let him go, let him go
'Cause that man is innocent (The man is innocent)
He's only just been speaking his own mind
So let him go, let him go
Yeah, that man is innocent (The man is innocent)
How can they see the truth when they're all blind?
[Outro]
Free Kevin Jonas
Free Kevin Jonas
Free Kevin Jonas
Free Kevin Jonas
Let him go
Free Kevin Kjonaas was written by John Feldmann.
Free Kevin Kjonaas was produced by John Feldmann.
Goldfinger released Free Kevin Kjonaas on Tue Apr 22 2008.