Enter the city and you are greeted by the lioness
Standing tall and free above the waves
She is not one who always has been free, never bound
Above the broken chains of those who are no longer slaves
However, she is not merely one who is free, being crowned
She IS freedom, in this metallic form for all to see

In this land she guards we have no royalty
No citizen here is anointed king or queen
It is to ideals that our people have loyalty
As evidenced by this colossus in green
And the concept who wears the highest crown
Is the essence of our promise: liberty.