The State is All to Me!

This is both the official anthem of the Axis Panterran Solentia Party and the Hegemonic Empire of Solentia. The first 5 stanzas are in the following meter and rhyme scheme:

A-/-/-/-/-/ -Iambic Pentamenter B-/-/-/-/   -Iambic Tetrameter A-/-/-/-/-/ -Iambic Pentamenter B-/-/-/     -Iambic Trimeter

The next two stanzas are more free but are still each constructed of rhyming couplets or similar length. The final stanza is most free and emotional and is centered around iambic trimeter; the second line is five syllables and the third line is eleven. This tight construction gives the song a musical, easily singable quality, something that way intended. In addition, the vague, somewhat impertinent lyrics are typical of the Panterran patriotic verse whose main intention is to create vivid and tangible patriotism.

The Light from the Sun is gleaming and clear The fire in homeland does gleam But evil does threaten in perilous fear The State is all to me!

The dangers of freedom are deadly indeed The wolf prowls the meadows with glee But somewhere our unity plants the seed The State is all to me!

The calm sparkling Rivers traverse the dawn The terrible twilight not seen But we grow our great strength in peace and calm The State is all to me!

The ruinous plague has withered and died The soft clover petals so green But never again will evil arise The State is all to me!

The delicate embers gently alight The soft summer breezes do sway But “action,” a voice roars, “is better than none” “The State is all to me!”

Where were the liberals when terror was true, Where were you, Heaven, when there were prayers for you? For only our Homeland can show us the way, Only the true path is held without sway! The gray wolf is slaughtered and no one can hear, For the selfish and bold will never be feared!

Let all of your actions be for the state, Let all of your thoughts be the name of “Fate!” And never again will freedom corrupt us, We stronger than might and more maddened than furious! Open the threshold and prove the world That unity is better when grandeur is unfurled!

O Homeland O Homeland The gateway is thee! Our million-eyed Father is splendid indeed! And nothing is greater Or more worthy to know, The State is all to me!