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ayoubPalestine
Now I'll tell you a story, and make it clear as I can
About the faraway trouble in the Holy Land
Pictures of the children, etched in my mind
Laying down their bodies on the firing line
Now the people who live there, live under the gun
Where it was homeland a thousand years before the soldiers come
Surrounded by the armies, aeroplanes in the sky
Everybody knows someone who had to die
Oh Palestine, there's a hole in your soul
Oh Palestine, will it ever be whole
Talk about the settlers they come from so far away
Talk about the money from the USA
Talk about the bullets, made of plastic and steel
And pictures of a Palestine, underneath an iron heel
Now, what do you do, when they come to your home?
And they tell you your land is no longer your own
Do you let them take it, do you dare to resist
Pictures of a Palestine underneath an iron fist
Oh Palestine, there's a hole in your soul
Oh Palestine, will it ever be whole
And now you say you want peace, but we pay for subjugation
We say we want a settlement in terms of occupation
We call for human rights, but we never saw what kind
You can see what it comes to in the faces of Palestine
Does it ever make you think about the friends we endorse?
The armies of a general riding on an iron horse
Does it even make you wonder, why it always seems to be
Such an undemocratic version of democracy
Oh Palestine, there's a hole in your soul
Oh Palestine, will it ever be whole
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Date: 2009-01-04 07:29 pm (UTC)The coupling of that icon, and the specifics of the lyrics, is incredibly offensive to me as an American.
I don't have the answers but I do know enough to know the situation is complex. Both sides have merit and fault to their claims.
I also know the way to seek resolution, if any at all can be found, isn't by offending people.
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Date: 2009-01-04 07:33 pm (UTC)Fixed it.
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Date: 2009-01-04 07:48 pm (UTC)Thank you for posting it.
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Date: 2009-01-04 08:08 pm (UTC)It took me three tries reading it before it said Palestine to me.
I read it the first three tries as Palpatine.
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Date: 2009-01-04 09:29 pm (UTC)And you're very welcome :)
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Date: 2009-01-04 09:30 pm (UTC):D
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Date: 2009-01-05 10:33 pm (UTC)Thanks for speaking out when most people prefer to do the safe thing and just look the other way.
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Date: 2009-01-06 09:49 pm (UTC)*hugs you*