My Language

But why would I put my job on the line to have an opinion?
I know why, because the ability to speak your truth is the bulwark against hell
And losing your job, that's nothing, that's nothing
Compared to where things can go when they go badly
For me it was just preventative, it's like this isn't going in a good direction
Why should you take a risk? It's like, you don't have that choice!
Your silent? That's a risk!
Now most people don't understand the risks of silence
I happen to understand the risks of silence because I've been studying them for 40 years

It's my language
I'll take responsibility for what I say, I am not saying your words
It's my language
I'll take responsibility for what I say, I am not saying your words

I know where corruption in speech leads and I'm not going there
And you know one of the things I tried to learn when I was taking apart what happened in Auschwitz
And trying to put my self in that position of an Auschwitz camp guard
Which by the way you can do if you use your imagination a bit
I wouldn't call it exactly the world's most pleasant meditative experience
You can conjure that part of yourself up if you want, and that can teach you something about what you're like

People don't do that because it's too frightening
But I know perfectly well that I can do that sort of thing
And so once I learned that I can do that sort of thing and maybe that I can even enjoy it
I thought, okay, fine, I get it
I'm going to see If I can figure out how to live so if that opportunity was presented to me, I wouldn't take it

It's my language
I'll take responsibility for what I say, I am not saying your words
It's my language
I'll take responsibility for what I say, I am not saying your words

And I think that's the lesson that people need to learn for the 20th century
That's what human beings did, okay well we're all human
Okay, so how is it that we should live so that we don't do that again?
Well, part of that is to try to say the truth (part of that is to try to say the truth, no matter what, no matter what)
Because the alternative is worst
And it is worse

It's my language
I'll take responsibility for what I say, I am not saying your words
It's my language
I'll take responsibility for what I say, I am not saying your words

(It's my language)
(I'll take responsibility for what I say, saying your words)
(It's my language)
(I'll take responsibility for what I say, saying your words)