There was a time in my life,
when I hadn't known you so well
and we'd come out at night
we'd light fires among ourselves

I burned a cross years ago
but what really burned was my heart
there's no love when there's smoke
There's no love when you're being torn apart

Swimming person to person
in an ocean of madness
then a ray of reason
illuminates the fish

Could we all just stop for a second
I have an idea
Its simple but its calculated
and there's really nothing to fear

When did we achieve anything
when our real goals were lost
Will it benefit any human being
what more waste of time will, division cost

Is it an achievement of the soul
or a turning point in our life
when we let all that anger go
when we hold hands and unite

Call it relief or revelation
Call it born again or call it sanity
Call it a belief in civilization
Call it a passion for all, of humanity

And these days I'm walking with no more hate
It's a better life and a beautiful world as well
You can say I've escaped in some leap of faith
You can say I've climbed out of that hell

And I can only feel sorry
for those left-over few
that heavy weight you carry
is suffocating you

You know what I'm talking about
I've been there before
inside your heart a thousand shouts
inside your head a million more

Let go of those heavy chains you carry
Hate only burdens you to no end
There exists better causes, and they vary
And on this side, we're all equal friends

Some future day, times will have changed
People from all over the world will proclaim
we've had enough of this burden, we'll stand up and say;
"But today is the day of Freedom from Hate"

Afterword by author Frankie Fazzino:

I've heard behind closed doors in the Klan about this "JDL," being 'out to get us' - or at least that's common belief among the Klan Members. And don't get me wrong, the Klan is moving fast. but it seems JDL can move faster. And they know this. So they are going all out in a campaign to increase membership and attempting to unite the subdivisions of Klans under one banner. And so I happened upon JDL's website to 'read the enemy'... I was prepared for propaganda. I kept seeing this phrase "Never Again" and wanted to know what it meant.

The Klan is not after African Americans like they used to be, anymore. Sure you have your groups that cross the line. But the Klan is more focused on the Jewish Faith; saying Jews control the Blacks. I remember wearing a white robe and passing out hate literature. I also remember burning my robe in my fireplace.  I burnt everything Klan related, symbols, personal letters, literature and garb that was given to me during my Klan initiation. While I watched my fire place glow, I was thinking of that phrase in my head that kept repeating itself; "Never Again, Never Again."

There's something powerful about the Jewish faith. The Klan does have this right. But its not anything to do about some takeover. After opening up to the JDL website I began reading into Judaism. And I'm seeing now a people who've been through it all in some constant struggle and still they give of themselves... And its really sad to think that such peaceful people are so despised by a real, living, growing, blind hate. I've been there, I've seen it. It doesn't stop. JDL, I want to thank you, really, because wherever you are, whoever you are, you're making big things happen.