I rose when no one rose Not because I was brave But because the silence was louder than God The roads were empty The men stayed home The call was not unclear They just didn’t answer So I did I led I sang I did not ride out with a sword I did not call down fire I pointed And the men with swords followed I named what I heard And they bled for it And died for it And we lived Jael drove the nail But I was the one who said Go Now the wind blows sweet through the palm trees And mothers draw water And children laugh Because the men we killed don’t come back I sing Because I must Because the silence Still waits to rise again
