Free the Slave

[Verse 1] Meet me by the riverside [?] on the day Don't know what's the [?] promise land Say, he ain't they kid you want Someone has to pay They will not be pleased before they see him hanged [Chorus 1] As he cries loud Turn and face the crowd as he cries out No one makes a sound as he cries out Oh, he has to go, he cries out It's your spirit now Find me in the river Swing me from the tree So will you free the slave in me? [Post-Chorus] Oh, oh [Verse 2] Leave me when the time is near Leave me, leave me This is not the way you should remember me Have you nothing else to say? Final words, the truth Give them [further?] for they know now what they do [Chorus 2] As he cries loud As he can't be found as he cries out No one makes a sound as he cries out Oh, he has to cry, he cries out Is your [?] down? Throw me in the ocean Pass me in the sea So will you free the slave in me? [Bridge] Don't you know, oh, don't you know? Whoa, they comin' home for you You can run, run on now Oh, they comin' home for you Until you bleed, oh Until you bleed, oh Darkness is coming Darkness You should take shelter You should take shelter Darkness is coming Darkness and hell [Outro] Is your conscience clear? Have you seen the black man hanging from the tree? Say, who'll be the first to sleep?