It didn′t start with the camps

With hate literature or banks

It didn't end with a war,Diplomacy or bombs ashore

It didn′t start with the disappearing ones

Nor with the way you educate your sons

It didn't start with you and me

Yes it did, we said ok to ambiguity

It started with a racist phrase

With intolerance built over days

It started with a fake superiority

With the creation of a minority

The past is the present and the future is now

Will you fight or submit and take a bow

Locked in a prison of hate-filled fear

The key is the enemy you keep near

Believe all, hear none, screens consumed

Deny all, read none, books entombed

Stop telling me that it started with us

Look away with me, why even discuss

It started by exploiting your insecurities

By making you believe in impurities

It started by telling you to belong

Telling you to send others along

It started by giving hate a human form

Giving you shelter from the coming storm

It started by controlling music and art

By giving your shame a brand new start

It didn't end with... it never ends

We′re all fools trying to make amends