When whoever it was killed
John Lennon, I got very quiet.
When whoever it was killed
Kurt Cobain, Dimebag Darrell,
Biggie, Tupac, Jam Master Jay,
I got very quiet.  Who is killing
everyone?  I stay quiet so they don’t
come for me.  That’s why I was never
a big star, though I could have been;
it’s not safe, someone kills them.  It’s
a conspiracy, of course it is —

shh, though.  Stay quiet.  Don’t
speak of it.  Whoever kills them,
no matter who pulls the trigger,
is listening.  The Stones said something
about it, of course someone 
tried to kill Mick and he got lucky
but if you think about it, they got real quiet,
mostly making do after that.  Mostly.

Mostly I stay quiet.  Whoever it is
kills the loud is still out there.  
They call me crazy for thinking that —
who’s still loud out there, eh?  
I keep my mouth shut.  Ever since
John Lennon, more and more shut.
Don’t open your mouth and stop trying.
Stay shut.  It’s safe.