Speaking in degradation
A conversation can take a sudden turn
And reaching the point of violence
Because your silence left you
Without a hand to hold
Your past will lead you on to

Making a final judgment
Based on your bias will
Never bring you forward
Terror should never guide you

For even the fearful can take
A-beating in the end
Suspicion gets you nowhere

Those who denounce a way of life
Will stand alone
Left to a-tone their social blunders
If you gun down the messenger
You guarantee that he will be made
Into a saint a martyr of the free word

I will say
(I will say)
What I think
(What I think)

I will do
(I will do)
What I say
(what I say)

When liberty seems out of reach
We'll fight for our freedom of speech

Requiem aeternam dona eis
Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis

Missing a simple context
A mental weakness can throw
You out of balance
Listen, respect each other

Then you'll discover it mustn't
Always end in hate
It's not too late for mercy

Those who denounce a way of life
Will stand alone
Left to a-tone their social blunders
If you gun down the messenger
You guarantee that he will be made
Into a saint a martyr of the free word

I will say
(I will say)
What I think
(what I think)

I will do
(I will do)
What I say
(what I say)

When tolerance seems out of sight
We will fight
When liberty seems out of reach
We'll fight for our freedom of speech