Lyrics for The Last Rebel as interpreted by Demau Senae

The Last Rebel Lyrics
There's a grey horse standin' still
As a soldier climbs in the saddle for one last ride
As the rain pours off his hat
You can see the shadows of the past written in his eyes

Now the cannons are silent
His friends are all gone
Gotta put it all behind him
If he ever wants to find his way home
He's the last rebel on the road

Just a boy with his old guitar
Keeps to himself but everybody takes him wrong
But he carries on
Got a dream that will never die
Can't change him, no use in stayin' where you don't belong

Now he's rollin' down the highway
Gone too far too fast
No one will ever find him, he'll never look back

Chorus:
'cause he's the last rebel
And he's all alone
He's the last rebel
His friends are all gone
He's the last rebel
The last rebel on the road

There'll never be another like him
He's the last of a dying breed
Ain't no use in tryin' to tame him
'cause he's the last rebel

Chorus

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xbreakingheartsx
03-22-2006

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oh my, this song is absolutely pretty. Great vocals. suprised there hasn't been any comments.

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countryboy9
04-23-2006

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love this song

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LedSkynSabHatchet
10-22-2008

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obviously it's about the end of the Civil War when the South had very few men left....or if you look at it a different way..it could be about a lone Biker dude just driving down a road all alone....you never know

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alexRAMPAGE
07-04-2009

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This song reminds me a lot bout my father who fought in the lebanese 17-year civil war that was in my opinion the most brutal war ever that resulted in the loss of more than 150000 lebanese lives and in which no one won in the end!!In my opinion my father was and still a hero because he fought for a cause that he believed in and for a change in the unfair lebanese system!

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RedDogElvis
12-24-2009

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I always thought this song was describing Gary Rossington, that last remaining original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. "Just a boy and his old guitar..."

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OldSouth
02-21-2010

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The song doesn't necessarily need to be historical.

A more existential approach might suggest a broader meaning, that of man's isolation in the face of his culture and traditions dying (or being killed) around him. Walker Percy-esque.

For us Southerners, the song expresses some of the frustrations we feel when witnessing the death of the culture that we love and that defines us. There's a definite, deliberate connection between past and present established in this song. In the beginning, the character is on a horse, in the rain, and images of cannons are evoked, seemingly implying the Civil War era. But in the last verse that really develops the story, the character is on a highway, going very fast on something that "rolls." Sounds like a car, which would be closer to the present.

Fucking yankees.

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