[Verse 1]
Klemperer wrote it down each day
How the language slipped away
Nazi words crept through the street
Made the poison sound so sweet
Every speech and every cheer
Changed the meaning, changed the fear
LTI, he called his book
Language of the Reich, take a look
[Chorus]
Listen to the way they speak
Find the patterns that they leak
Rhythm, repetition, tone
These are weapons fully grown
Words are twisted, truth gets bent
Listen close to their intent
Language falls before the state
Don't let propaganda take your fate
[Verse 2]
BBC and Frontline know
Audio tells us what to show
Long-form stories paint the scene
Of what fascism really means
In the voice you hear the lie
In the pause before reply
Journalists who dig so deep
Wake us from our passive sleep
[Chorus]
Listen to the way they speak
Find the patterns that they leak
Rhythm, repetition, tone
These are weapons fully grown
Words are twisted, truth gets bent
Listen close to their intent
Language falls before the state
Don't let propaganda take your fate
[Bridge]
Four to five hours, sit and hear
How the danger draws so near
Not in armies, not in guns
But in words that make us numb
Victor saw it happening slow
Now we have the tools to know
Audio cuts through the disguise
Opens up our blinded eyes
[Verse 3]
Cadence matters, tempo too
Fascist speakers know what's true
Hypnotic beats and simple rhymes
Repeated through the darkest times
Democracy needs careful ears
To catch the shift, to face the fears
Before the institutions break
Language bends for power's sake
[Final Chorus]
Listen to the way they speak
Find the patterns that they leak
Rhythm, repetition, tone
These are weapons fully grown
Words are twisted, truth gets bent
Listen close to their intent
Language falls before the state
Don't let propaganda seal your fate
[Outro]
Four hours spent with careful thought
Learning lessons hard-bought
Listen now while you still can
Defend the words, defend the plan