Netherlands

In the Netherlands, 1970s

Walkin' 'round town just for the hell of it

We were mistaken and hurt

Left battered, bloodied or worse

Hate crimes delivered with such little remorse

Can't put a face to the crimes

Skinheads all look the same

They can't put a face to the fears

It's just a fear of change

Fear of the unknown

How else can you explain

A Pakistani, German

And a Chinese man

Being mistaken and hurt

Left battered, bloodied or worse?

Hate crimes delivered with such little remorse

Can't put a face to the crimes

Skinheads all look the same

They can't put a face to the fears

It's just a fear of change

He said you'll pay for your sins

So you can't sin by proxy

You don't pay for your country

Just your racist rhetoric

That keeps slipping through the cracks

That keeps falling up the stairs

That keeps making its way up to the top of the chain

You'll never fear the levity

Never grasp the longevity

A life under punches, a life an enemy

Passed down for generations, division and pain

Nationalism, racism, they're one and the same

We were mistaken and hurt

Left battered, bloodied or worse

Hate crimes delivered with such little remorse

Can't put a face to the crimes

Skinheads all look the same

They can't put a face to the fears

It's just a fear of change