I saw you in class today

And I took notice of the venomous words you did say.

You didn't know though because I kept up a front.

Playing the hear no evil, speak no evil stunt.

See, a lot of people buy into my quiet kid act

but, if I really showed people my opinions how then would they react? 

I try to look busy so I don't have to give my opinion.

Afraid of becoming socially martyred.

 

    What I'm really trying to say is those three words

Confession is the first part to admitting a problem, but I'm so disturbed,

So here it goes  I-...I-..I hate Confrontation! there it's out.

Always afraid someone has a stronger argument, so in mine I doubt.

Afraid that "the Man"  wants to beat me down until my words are left black and bruised.

Like the rookie couldn't take the heat, game over, I lose.

Fearful to let words charge out of my mouth just to have them

retreat or be beaten down.

 

     Call me the Cowardly Lion, I should stand up but I ask, "how?”

“What do they have that I don't got?...Courage"  I can see that scene in my head now,

Why not stand for Truth? I can hear my thoughts say,

I know what is just, right, and good, it lies deep within my soul every day,

This uncertainty is unsettling with in me,

as I picture everyone with their evil devices binding them, begging to be free,

Can I stand like David before Goliath and face this?

the odds may be against me but, can I do this?

 

     It's hard to say...It's hard to speak.

 I have a view and I have a voice no matter how small or weak,

I am no bystander, just a silent witness to injustice,

a silent witness to the heart breaks that pile up among us,

Tell Simon and Garfunkel I can no longer listen to the sound of silence,

I want to heal and help people out of this spiritual violence,

Let my voice be a resounding cry of my Father's love,

a fountain of truth that flows steadily and naturally to the people's ears

....Let them listen to my opinion.

                                          -Kim Cornell