In your heart you felt the cause of our age
In your moment of glory at the crest of the wave
Like a comet you burned, like a tempest you raged
As a hero of the people you suffered to save
As a man against time in a world so bizarre
In the myst of tomorrow you shine like a star;
In the vision of legends and martyrs afar
Like a prophet and soldier we know who you are
Oh, man against time
You lived and then you fought until you died just for your kind
Oh man against time
Oh man against time
Wherever that I go in life I swear you're on my mind
Oh man against time, oh man...
Like the soul that cries forth in it's hour of pain
Like the cloud that gives life to the field with it's rain;
For the hope and the legacy of a race born again
Destiny called you to rise above men
And up did you rise, and a hero was born
A man that we love, and cherish, and mourn;
A legend in time, a bringer of storm
A vanguard of promise in a world that we scorn
Oh, man against time
You lived and then you fought until you died just for your kind
Oh man against time oh man against time
Wherever that I go in life I swear you're on my mind
Oh man against time, oh man...
And for every white man in touch with your dream;
As the nightmare unfolds and the white children scream
You were baptized in flames, you died to defend
In the fire that claimed you, clutching faith 'till the end
I will hold your brave memory alive in my soul
I will teach your proud name to all that I know
I will live to complete the task you began
As a worthy and righteous and noble white man
Oh, man against time
You lived and then you fought until you died just for your kind
Oh man against time oh man against time -
Wherever that I go in life I swear you're on my mind
Oh man against time, oh man...
And if the day dawns when our people are free:
Free to rejoice, to be proud and believe;
You will be like a god unto our fair kind
Robert Mathews: the man against time