I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight Because my conscience leaves me no other choice Time comes when silence is betrayal Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars
We have destroyed their land and their crops We have corrupted their women and children, and killed their men
We are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us We refused to recognize them
Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us If it is, let us trace its movements
I cannot be silent I cannot forget [Inaudible]
They watch as we poison their water As we kill a million acres of their crops They must weep as the bulldozers roar through their areas (Areas) Preparing to destroy What do they think as we test our latest weapons on them
Can I threaten them with death?
Over the past two years, as I have moved to break the betrayal of my own silences (My own silences [2x]) As I have walked among the desperate, rejected and angry young men I have told them that Molotov cocktails and rifles (Molotov cocktails and rifles) would not solve their problems They must move forward Or be destroyed by our bombs
We refused to recognize them [2x]
We have corrupted their women and men, and killed their children