[Verse 1]
In nineteen eighty-six a voice spoke clear
From one who lived through history's darkest fear
Primo Levi penned the words we need to know
About the danger hiding down below
[Pre-Chorus]
Not the tyrants at the top we see
But the faces walking by you and me
[Chorus]
The monsters exist but they are too few in number
To be truly dangerous, remember this wonder
More dangerous are the common men
The Drowned and the Saved tells us again
Eighty-six, Levi's warning cry
Common men let evil multiply
[Verse 2]
When we study how democracies fall
It's not just the leaders standing tall
The scholar's voice from Auschwitz grounds
Teaches us where real danger's found
[Pre-Chorus]
In the silence of the watching crowd
In the whispers that aren't spoken loud
[Chorus]
The monsters exist but they are too few in number
To be truly dangerous, remember this wonder
More dangerous are the common men
The Drowned and the Saved tells us again
Eighty-six, Levi's warning cry
Common men let evil multiply
[Bridge]
Quote it exact, word for word
Every syllable must be heard
Primo Levi knew the cost
When ordinary people are lost
To the current of complicity
That's the real catastrophe
[Final Chorus]
The monsters exist but they are too few in number
To be truly dangerous, remember this wonder
More dangerous are the common men
The Drowned and the Saved tells us again
Nineteen eighty-six, the year he wrote
This canonical, essential quote
[Outro]
Common men, the real threat
Words we never should forget