I was silent when they came for the less fortunate
Happy it didn't involve me
Wasn't like I didn't care enough
It just had nothing to do with me

Not a word was heard when they burned
The Synagogues, Mosques, and Cathedrals
All this for the hate that exists
All this for and from a peaceful people?

I was deaf when they screamed at the tone of your skin
Because your color is different from me
Is it ignorance in the mixing
What purity are we trying to keep

And when they came for those a bit different
Than what I think in the eyes of me
Amongst the cries for help I didn't listen
After all they'd been warned quite extensively

Then when I looked and saw nothing left from the aftermath
As far as the naked eye could see
There was no one left to speak up on my behalf
That's when they decided to come after me