Silence and guilt

The yellow triangle by Christy Moore

The black triangle
The pink triangle
The green triangle
The red triangle
The blue triangle
The lilac triangle

And they wore the yellow triangle
And they wore the yellow triangle

When first they came for the criminals I did not speak
Then they began to take the jews
When they fetched the people who were members of trade unions
I did not speak

Then they took the bible students
Round they took the homosexuals
Then they gathered up the immigrants and the gypsies

I did not speak
I did not speak


Eventually they came for me there was no one left to speak

The black triangle
The pink triangle
The green triangle
The red triangle
The blue triangle
The lilac triangle

And they wore the yellow triangle
And they wore the lilac triangle
And they wore the pink triangle
And they wore the blue triangle
And we wore the silent triangle
We did not speak