The Deafening Silence

It was quiet down at the Vatican.
 Westminster and Saint Paul's
 But the silence at Whitehall and in the White House
 Was the loudest silence of all.
 Outside a New York high rise
 United Nations' flags are unfurled.
 But inside that shining house of glass
 Were the silent voices of the world.
 These are all the worldly places
 Where the word democracy
 Is bandied round with other words like
 Justice, truth and honesty.
 These are all the hypocrite haunts
 Where all the powers that be
 Speak up load against all crimes
 Against humanity.
 But when God's lightning fills the sky,
 Thunder follows from His Kingdom on high
 Proclaiming His power and Glory and Might.
 To a dark dark world as dark as the night;
 But when an airliner's shot to the ground.
 No condemnation from the world - not a sound.
 The west fears the East and has nothing to say.
 But the deafening silence-The deafening silence
 Will be broken one day!
 But where were they those tragic days
 They shot our Viscounts down
 And their murderous apprentices
 Killed children without a frown.
 They bayonetted babies and shot survivors
 And to this very day
 Everyone in those hallowed halls
 has yet not had a word to say.
 But when God's lightning fills the sky,
 Thunder follows from His Kingdom on high
 Proclaiming His power and Glory and Might.
 To a dark dark world as dark as the night;
 But when an airliner's shot to the ground.
 No condemnation from the world - not a sound.
 The west fears the East and has nothing to say.
 But the deafening silence - The deafening silence
 Will be broken one day!
 But we will break that silence
 With reminders down through the years
 For closure for men and women and children
 Though no one can forget the tears,
 But we all know we must meet our Maker;
 And at the front of the row queue will be that crowd
 And they will be asked to answer why
 Their silence was so loud.
 But when God's lightning fills the sky,
 Thunder follows from His Kingdom on high
 Proclaiming His power and Glory and Might.
 To a dark dark world as dark as the night;
 But when an airliner's shot to the ground.
 No condemnation from the world - not a sound.
 The west fears the East and has nothing to say.
 But the deafening silence - The deafening silence
 Will be broken one day!
 Day... day... day...