XTC - Books Are Burning ( particularly the second line of the second verse, could apply any form of suffering)
Books are burning in the main square,
and I saw there the fire eating the text
Books are burning in the still air,
and you know where they burn books people are next
I believe the printed word should be forgiven
Doesn't matter what it said
Wisdom hotline from the dead back to the living
Key to the larder for your heart and your head
Books are burning in our own town,
Watch us turn 'round and cast our glances elsewhere
Books are burning in the playground
Smell of burnt book is not unlike human hair
I believe the printed word is more than sacred
Beyond the gauge of good or bad
The human right to let your soul fly free and naked
Above the violence of the fearful and sad
The church of matches anoints in ignorance with gasoline
The church of matches grows fat by breathing in the smoke of dreams
It's quite obscene.
Books are burning more each day now,
and I pray now you boys will tire of these games
Books are burning I hope somehow,
this will allow a phoenix up from the flames
Isolate the critisism and pass it on.