[Verse 1]
The path to execution seems so far
We frolic unprepared for abattoirs
Our minds fixated on what’s in sight
As men, women, children disappear in the night
Victims dying one by one
Through sharpened knife or loaded gun
Freedoms traded for “security”
No mind paid to screams for “purity”
HEIL…
[Verse 2]
They said that it can’t happen here
Hushed voices to calm the storm
Crowds barking “heil” in the parade streets
Surmising in uniform
Do they not know of the death camps?
Is that why they choose to support?
Or are they truly worthless men who bear no empathy in thеir hearts?
OH!
[Verse 3]
Riots break out, sponsored by thе state
To rid the land of those deemed “weak”
Targets escorted to slaughterhouses
Killed with CO and Zyklon B
No remorse
No quarter
For those that have been or are to die
Unified salute strikes back at the führer under the watchful fascist eye
[Chorus]
First they came for the socialists
And I did not speak out
Then they came for the unionists
And I did not speak out
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Then they came for me
And there was no one left to speak for me
[Verse 4]
Genocide denial, yet those at very top orchestrate the mass killing
To speak against the madness is to invite death
And nearly all are unwilling
The state marches in, armed to the teeth
As fear captivates the populace
The remainders are brainwashed to disavow
Those who vanished without a trace
[Chorus]
First they came for the socialists
And I did not speak out
Then they came for the unionists
And I did not speak out
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Then they came for me
And there was no one left to speak for me
[Verse 5]
And when the soldiers come
A piercing fear
From town to city
Millions disappear
Mass graves
Censored sights
Mutilated bodies
Muted cries
[Chorus]
First they came for the immigrants
And I did not speak out
Then they came for the communists
And I did not speak out
Then they came for you
And I did not speak out
Then they came for me
And there was no one left to speak for me
[Verse 6]
And when the soldiers come
A piercing fear
From town to city
Millions disappear
Mass graves
Censored sights
Mutilated bodies
Muted cries