Spoken
Silence is the real menace
Cause it will weaponize our fear
And one day turn back around
To when my friends were all here
Billy went to fight in the war
And didn’t return the same
Sally became addicted
And got told she was to blame
I read through my history novel
And saw lights where they beam
Joan from France fought for God
And Martin Luther had a dream
But what became of them
Those who spoke and fought for change
My silence forfeits my right
To question why life is strange
When I live in a place
That lets so much hatred thrive
I search through time and space
On who I thank to be alive
Thank those who speak and fight
And shout and march and die
For Billy, and Sally, and me
They are trying to save our lives