Things You Can't Say Out Loud

Are there words you can not say?

It seems we say them anyway

Cruel and crass, a venomous poison

A toxic gas, followed with verbal spasm

A shot to the heart, without any bullets

About as black as an iron to skillet

Racist remarks spewed out, as a fact

The killing kind that you cannot retract

You can say it's not fair and you have your rights

Whatever you need to sleep well at night

But sticks and stones can't match the scars

The way that a wicked word thrown, can mark

Nothing nice to say? Well then, shut your pie hole

Let's go back to the days when we showed some self control

The things I can't say, "you should be ashamed of yourself"

No longer holds shame or care for anyone else

We've become a village full of rude, selfish idiots

Where what counts as entertainment is grossly insidious

Are there words you cannot say today?

I wish we could turn down the hatred

And if you don't have something nice to say....

Then, please evoke the right to remain silent