I Live in a World

I live in a world
Where thought is a dirty word
The mind is criminal, to read is to sin
When you show their ideas are thin
Out of hate, out of fear
They will ignore what is near
And refuse to see the stars
If they seem to far

I live in a world
Where love is a dirty word
They will hate you and beat you
They’ll say your words are untrue
They’ll do it in the name of justice
In the name of heaven, in the name of peace
But their God will sit silently
As in his name they speak

I live in a world
Where speech is a dirty word
They will silence you and take you away
If they don’t like the words that you say
They will do it in the name of freedom
In the name of liberty and right
And not a single man will listen
To your cause, to your plight

I live in a world
Where bloodshed is a virtue
We honour those who would kill
Until of blood they’ve had their fill
They bring their people to flame
Armies they send to fight
But the soldiers get blamed
While the leader is in the right

Though I may live in this world
Filled with those who hate
I know silence is not my fate
And if you see the answer
But stay hidden in fear
Pretending you agree
With the hate that is near
Then you are no better
When all is said and done
Then those with the fetters
With the knives and the guns

For if you make a stand
Against all that is taught
To end the wars that are fought
Then you will be greater
Then all those who have no cause
For they are the traitors
Who give the world a pause

And when it finally comes
On that judgment day
The sun will shine anew
The sky will never be grey
We will brake on through
And hate will go away
And in your final years
When those around your ask
What became of all their fears?
Who took up the task?
They’ll remember that day
Of those whose souls were black
When you will proudly say
It was I who pushed them back