Chorus: 
Seventeen years of sorrow pierce my heart 
Seventeen years of sorrow pierce my heart 
My one regret is for the time we spent apart. 
Seventeen years of sorrow pierce my heart 

You said you neither love a slave nor fear a tyrant, 
While all these days you've been more a slave than most. 
Chained by your own ideas of Freedom. 
'Til you left the ones you love the most. 

You are even now as a candle 
Burning out your heart to light the way. 
But as you did what needed to be done 
You let seventeen years of sorrow pierce my heart. 

Chorus