Testify - Falconer

Don’t speak your mind

But pick your words with caution

Chain up your tongue

Don’t ever speak from your heart

Who could be hurt?

Who could be judging what you say?

Where can it lead?

Think twice before you proceed

Supervised

Analyzed

Hide from the eyes

To the ones above

And to the ones below

To the gathered crowds

I must justify

Justify my dos

And justify my don’ts

To my name and honor

I must testify

Don’t lose your hold

On your true emotions

You bite your tongue

And think of what you stand for

Behind your back

Potential judges and usurpers

Inside your mind

The aggravation grinds

Supervised

Analyzed

Hide from the eyes

To the ones above

And to the ones below

To the gathered crowds

I must justify

Justify my dos

And justify my don’ts

To my name and honor

I must testify

Do you know what you say?

Do you know what they hear?

Read your opponents

And mold yourself into a valueless man

Serve all your statements

Upon an impartial tray of ice

Then you close the door and you scream

To the ones above

And to the ones below

To the gathered crowds

I must justify

Justify my dos

And justify my don’ts

To my name and honor

I must testify