A More Perfect Union (song)

"A More Perfect Union" is a 2010 song by New Jersey–based punk rock band Titus Andronicus, the lead track from their second album, The Monitor.

The song is 7 minutes and 10 seconds long, and begins with a recording of Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum address.

[1] The song ends with another spoken-word segment, taken from an article written by William Lloyd Garrison in the first issue of The Liberator, published in 1831.

[2] On March 29, 2010, three weeks after The Monitor was released, Titus Andronicus premiered their music video for A More Perfect Union on their MySpace page.

The video features the band playing outdoors in the snow, and was directed by Claire Carré.