Speaking interpretation   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 make...      Making a final judgement   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 atone 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   I will do   I will do 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 wasn't [...]   It's not too late for mercy      Those who denounce a way of life   Will stand alone   Left to atone 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   I will do   I will do what I say   When liberty seems out of reach   We'll fight for our freedom of speech