Freedom Glory Project

-

Comments

  1. Mary EllenJuly 2, 2009 at 7:49 PM

    I was intrigued and looked up the source. Not exactly a pacifist approach, but very moving.

    http://www.freedomgloryproject.com/

    lt's a silence the lonely know
    in the fire the rainbows grows
    you can push it down my friend
    it will come up ten fold again

    we will erase your name, we will show no restraint

    how much blood must be shed
    on the streets of unrest
    we will bleed as long need be
    that river will remove you from history

    we will erase your name, we will show no restraint

    you have robbed us for many years
    but we have saved every last tear
    we have suffered all of your hate
    and now we march down to your gates

    we will erase your name, we will show no restraint

    Freedom, Glory, Be Our Name
    Freedom, Glory, Be Our Name

    you think your power is secure
    when you startle us with the threat of war
    but fear has its limits too
    we are no longer scared of you

    we will erase your name, we will show no restraint

    we will burn your temple to the ground
    we will tear all your prisons down
    your gallows will be set for burning
    just before one last hanging

    we will erase your name, we will show no restraint

    Freedom, Glory, Be Our Name
    Freedom, Glory, Be Our Name

    now we give you one last chance
    to do what's right and to let us dance
    or the hand of fate will become a fist
    a force your thugs can not resist

    The fields where soldiers practice their killing
    can be a spread of green grass
    where the boisterous rainbow children may dance
    while the one who beams with
    ultimate command
    will merely be a smile (Written by Shamloo)

    Shoukoeh Azadi Ba Mast

    ReplyDelete
  2. Batteson.IndJuly 3, 2009 at 2:50 AM

    *..... music........

    ReplyDelete
  3. RudeeJuly 3, 2009 at 7:06 AM

    This is a very moving video. I love the use of green in the black and white video. It reminded me of Schindler's list.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Anders July 3, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    Beautiful and moving music.

    ReplyDelete
  5. ArgentJuly 3, 2009 at 2:29 PM

    I wasn't going to listen to this at first, but I'm glad I did. Powerful stuff.

    ReplyDelete
  6. OwenJuly 4, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    I'm getting here late, but that is awesome... what raw power in their raw voices...

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Hey, thanks for your thoughts and your time:>)

Popular posts from this blog

A Few Words About Religion

-
Image
I was not raised Catholic. My family attended and had been lectured to in Presbytarian churches and for a short time, Unitarian, but I converted while in college once I started going to the old St. George's with my dorm roommate. It fit me like a glove and I felt at home there despite my ignorance of the exotic rituals and prayers everyone else knew by heart. When I say that I am Catholic I say it with the caveat that I am an American Catholic , which is to say I do not agree with everything that comes out of the Vatican. Sorry. I have no issue with homosexuality. Love is love, and people are lucky and blessed to find it wherever they find it. I believe that priests should be allowed to marry and that women should be accorded more prominent positions within the church structure. There's more, but let's just leave it that I realize the Pope is not doing a little jig everytime I open my mouth and declare I'm Catholic. For the totter to that teeter though, I've been t...
Read more

10 Things I Love That Start With the Letter E

-
Image
Game imported from Sweet Annie at Blissful Bohemian . Name ten things you love that begin with a specific letter. In my case, the letter E. So here goes: 1. Well, first of all there's elephants . Who doesn't love those cute little faces?? And what's not to love? Elephants are actually a lot like humans. They laugh and cry. They grieve over their dead. They play games with each other and have fantastic memories so they can even remember the rules and not go to bed mad. 2. Then there's Engelbert Humperdinck, who I don't actually love and his singing's just on this side of okay, but I do love his name. 3. I luuuuuuv eggs , deviled. Nothing fancy, just classic. Best Basic Deviled Eggs 6 eggs, hard cooked and peeled 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon yellow mustard 3/4 teaspoon white wine vinegar pinch of salt (optional) fresh ground black pepper (optional) smoked paprika (optional) Cut eggs in half. Arrange egg whites cut side up on a serving plate and put the yolks ...
Read more

Goldfinches by Mary Oliver

-
Image
Some goldfinches were having a melodious argument at the edge of a puddle. The birds wanted to bathe, or perhaps just to dip their heads and look at themselves, and they were having trouble with who should be first, and so on. So they discussed it while I stood in the distance, listening. Perhaps in Tibet, in the old holy places, they also have such fragile bells. Or are these birds really just that, bells come to us--come to this road in America--let us bow our heads and remember now how we used to do it, say a prayer. Meanwhile the birds bathe and splash and have a good time. Then they fly off, their dark wings opening from their bright, yellow bodies; their tiny feet, all washed, clasping the air.
Read more