[Verse 1]
Timothy Snyder walks through history's door
Yale professor who's studied war
Eastern Europe's darkest days
Totalitarian games they played
He wrote the book on tyranny's rise
Twenty lessons that save our lives
From bloodlands to the broken earth
He shows us what freedom's worth
[Chorus]
Snyder's name means truth and light
History teacher, freedom's knight
Twenty lessons, learn them well
Tyranny's story he will tell
S-N-Y-D-E-R spells the way
To fight fascism every day
[Verse 2]
Bloodlands taught us Stalin's crime
Hitler's madness, that dark time
Fourteen million souls were lost
Between the dictators, freedom's cost
On Tyranny became our guide
Twenty steps to turn the tide
Post-truth world, he saw it coming
Democracy's heart left numbing
[Chorus]
Snyder's name means truth and light
History teacher, freedom's knight
Twenty lessons, learn them well
Tyranny's story he will tell
S-N-Y-D-E-R spells the way
To fight fascism every day
[Bridge]
Do not obey in advance, he warns
That's how liberty's fabric tears and mourns
Defend institutions while you can
Before they crumble grain by sand
Yale historian with wisdom deep
Democracy's vigil he helps us keep
[Verse 3]
Road to Unfreedom shows the path
Putin's plan and aftermath
How the truth gets twisted round
Till up is down and lost is found
American professor, European mind
Connections that most cannot find
Timothy Snyder lights the way
Through the darkness of today
[Chorus]
Snyder's name means truth and light
History teacher, freedom's knight
Twenty lessons, learn them well
Tyranny's story he will tell
S-N-Y-D-E-R spells the way
To fight fascism every day
[Outro]
Remember Snyder's careful voice
In democracy we have a choice
History's lessons, crystal clear
The price of freedom's always dear