Lyrics

(Verse 1)
Oh, listen close, ye good folk all, and hear the tale retold,
Of Tessa Pfund, who would not bow, nor let the tyrants hold.
The Planning Men sat high and proud, with gavels hard as stone,
They drew the lines, they made the rules, they ruled the town alone.

(Chorus)
Stand, stand, stand, Miss Tessa stand!
Hold the line with a steady hand.
Tear their thrones from the hollow ground,
Bring the mighty tumbling down.

(Verse 2)
They spoke in laws, they spoke in codes, their word the final say,
No voice could rise, no will could stand, lest they should look away.
They shifted streets, they closed the doors, they claimed the people's fate,
But power built on whispered lies will crack beneath its weight.

(Chorus)
Stand, stand, stand, Miss Tessa stand!
Hold the line with a steady hand.
Tear their thrones from the hollow ground,
Bring the mighty tumbling down.

(Verse 3)
But through the halls where shadows grew, a voice rang sharp and clear,
Tessa Pfund stood tall and proud, she named their reign of fear.
"You twist the law, you bind our hands, you hold the people's chains,
But power stolen from the weak will never long remain!"

(Chorus)
Stand, stand, stand, Miss Tessa stand!
Hold the line with a steady hand.
Tear their thrones from the hollow ground,
Bring the mighty tumbling down.

(Verse 4)
The people rose, the walls came down, the ink ran dry that day,
The rules they wrote were torn apart, their power stripped away.
And though the tyrants swore and raged, their reign was at an end,
For power built on fear alone will never stand again.

(Final Chorus - triumphant!)
Stand, stand, stand, Miss Tessa stand!
Hold the line with a steady hand.
Tear their thrones from the hollow ground,
Bring the mighty tumbling down.