Persona Non Grata Lyrics

First they came for the weakest,
And I was silent.
Then they came for the strong,
And still I held my tongue.
So when they came for me,
There was no-one left to bear witness
To my defiance.

This is how the unacceptable, becomes the unremarkable,
And what we once thought was impossible, becomes our daily bread.

How quickly we discover,
How easily we turn upon each other,
When there's nowhere else to turn.

This is how the new absurdity, becomes the next atrocity,
Condemned by our complacency, to watch the tragedy unfold.
This is how democracy dies in the darkness:
While good men stand aside, and keep their selfish silence,
Afraid to speak or raise a hand.

Unwanted, unwelcome,
Untouchable, unclean.
Persona non grata,
Inhuman and obscene.

We hide our heads in the sand,
And wash the bloodstains from our hands,
And reassure ourselves the fault is not our own.
But ignorance is not the same
As innocence, we're all to blame,
For history repeating over and over again.

We're all at fault, we're all to blame.

Silence is surrender,
Silence only serves the oppressor.

We won't be silent any longer.

Unwanted, unwelcome,
Untouchable, unclean.
Persona non grata,
Inhuman and obscene.

We're all unclean.