We Didn’t Know

Whispers don’t travel where the spotlight won’t goWe told ourselves stories we needed to know

Verse 1
We laughed in the cafés, the streets were so still
The headlines were quiet, the air had a chill
They told us the faces were just moving on
We turned the page over, the truth was long gone

Pre-Chorus
Whispers don’t travel where the spotlight won’t go
We told ourselves stories we needed to know

Chorus
We didn’t know, we didn’t see
What they were doing to them, could happen to me
We closed our eyes, we shut the door
Silence is the chain that they’re waiting for
We didn’t know… but we could have known more

Verse 2
The trains rolled at midnight, no names, just the sound
The papers spoke gently of “cleaning the town”
They painted the fences, they planted the trees
And sold us a picture where no one could bleed

Pre-Chorus
It’s easy to miss what they don’t let you see
But the truth always waits in the shadows, hungry

Chorus
We didn’t know, we didn’t see
What they were doing to them, could happen to me
We closed our eyes, we shut the door
Silence is the chain that they’re waiting for
We didn’t know… but we could have known more

Bridge
If we speak too late, the voices are gone
If we wait for proof, the proof moves on
Every quiet heart is a brick in the wall
And the wall keeps rising till it buries us all

Final Chorus
We didn’t know, we didn’t see
Now the mirror is staring right back at me
We closed our eyes, we turned away
But the price of silence is always paid
We didn’t know… and now it’s too late