Then They Came For Me

Yeah, I can hear a Jericho Trumpet
 But the sky's perfectly clear
 Whether it's real or recollection
 It's like I'm stranded on a pier
 Watching the waves of emigration
 Being rewound off the beach
 While a long road to unconsciousness
 Ebbs out at my heels
 Now I'm walking the halls of Charles de Gaulle
 With a fresh-minted boarding pass
 I got a date with Ben Gurion
 Standing in a subway
 I'm feeling like I've overstayed
 I'm waiting with my sack for the Amtrak
 And a ticket out of JFK
 (And when they came for him) yeah, I didn't do anything
 (And when they came for her) yeah, I didn't do nothing
 (And when they came for him) yeah, I did not say a thing
 (And when they came for her) still not a word
 You see that barren blue under the engines
 There ain't a fish left in the Levantine Sea
 There ain't a dolphin torch in all the West Bank's flanks
 Now they're lit by electricity
 The wise man knows that all things flow
 Through tubes to their destination
 Through the sewers of Athens and the odd BUK missile
 And the Underground's tube stations
 Yeah, I never knew the lure of monsters
 I've never been one for crusades
 But now I hear a Jericho Trumpet
 Yeah, you can't be sure you're doing much more
 Than playing for some rumoured stakes
 So when the pilgrims become bandits on their transits
 Well, it's time to make your getaway
 (And when they came for him) yeah, I didn't do anything
 (And when they came for her) yeah, I didn't do nothing
 (And when they came for him) yeah, I didn't say a thing
 (And when they came for her) still not a word
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 Now the red-top rags are all flying black flags
 The lowlifes are making gains
 You'd be thinking they were staff writers
 Yeah, the gulls in Crete are sharpening their beaks
 Seamstresses sew in hell
 A tailored cut, a perfect fit
 A skull grinding its teeth on each lapel
 (And when they came for him) yeah, I didn't do anything
 (And when they came for her) yeah, I didn't do nothing
 (And when they came for him) yeah, I did not say a thing
 (And when they came for her) yeah, still not a word
 (And when they came for him) yeah, I didn't do anything
 (And when they came for her) yeah, I didn't say nothing
 (And when they came for him) yeah, I didn't say a thing
 (And when they came for her) still not a word