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And as you look all around At the world in dismay What do you see, Do you think we have learned ? Not if you´re taking a look At the war-torn affray Out in the streets where The babies are burned Iron Maiden, "Blood Brothers" (Brave new World, 2001) |
Joey used to work after school At the cinema show. Gotta hustle if he wants an education He´s got a long way to go. Now he´s out on the streets all day, Selling crack to the people who pay Got an AK-47 for his best friend Business the American way. Queensrÿche, "Empire" (Empire, 1990) |
Das Abendland geht nicht zugrunde an den totalitären Systemen, auch nicht an seiner geistigen Armut, sondern an dem hündischen Kriechen seiner Intelligenz vor den politischen Zweckmäßigkeiten. --------------------------------- The occident will neither perish because of totalitarian systems, nor of intellectual poverty, but because its intelligentsia sucks up to what is politically convenient. Gottfried Benn (1886 - 1956) deutscher Arzt und Schriftsteller German doctor and author |
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Der Staat ist die große Fiktion, nach der sich jedermann bemüht, auf jedermanns Kosten zu leben. --------------------------------- The state is the grand fiction according to which everyone endeavo(u)rs to live at everyone´s expense. Frédéric Bastiat (1801 - 1850), französischer Ökonom und Journalist French economist and journalist |
Wenn die Existenz der Nation nicht in Gefahr ist, ist der Krieg reiner Mord. --------------------------------- If the nation´s existence is not in danger, war is pure murder. Kemal Atatürk (1881 - 1939), türkischer Politiker Turkish politician. |
Religion and sex are powerplays. Manipulate the people for the money They pay - selling skin, selling God The numbers look the same On their credit cards. Queensrÿche, "Spreading the Disease" (Operation: Mindcrime, 1988) |
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Don´t ever trust Dont ever trust the needle It lies
Queensrÿche, "The Needle" (Operation: Mindcrime, 1998) |
Seven years in power The corporation claw The rich control the media The government, the law. Queensrÿche, "Speak" (Operation: Mindcrime, 1988) |
No more war for your god No more war for your race It´s our world, it´s what we make it Make it a better place Iced Earth, "Consequences" (Something wicked this way comes, 1998) |
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They have trained your boy to kill And kill someday he will They have trained your boy to die And ask no questions why Gary Moore, "Military Man" (Run for Cover, 1985) |
The system we learn says We´re equal under law. But the streets are reality The weak and poor will fall. Queensrÿche, "Speak" (Operation: Mindcrime, 1988) |
On the Senate floor they congregate Many pockets lined with green From those behind the scene Yeah they take the bribe Queensrÿche, "Sign of the Times" (Hear in the Now-Frontier, 1997) |
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You can search the whole wide planet Scratching in the mud and worms But an "honest politician" Is just a contradiction in terms Roger Taylor, "The Keys" (Happiness ?, 1994) |
You can search the whole wide planet Down to viruses and germs But a "sensible" religion Is just a contradiction in terms Roger Taylor, "The Key" (Happiness ? 1994) |
Half-penny two-penny, ashes to dust Almighty dollar says, "In God we trust" Justice for money - how much more can I pay ? We all know it´s the American Way Styx, "Half-Penny, Two-Penny" (Paradise Theater, 1981) |
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My grandfather taught me how to fight. Old fashioned stuff like wrong and right But all around I see his morals Buried in a mess of money troubles Bruce Dickinson, "Born in 58" (Tattoed Millionaire, 1990) |
Harmless and innocent You devil in white You stole my will Without a fight You filled me with confidence But you blinded my eyes You tricked me with visions Of a paradise, now I realize That I'm so blind Styx, "Snowblind," (Paradise Theater, 1981) |
Die deutliche Sprache der Gewehre verstehen immer nur die Erschossenen. --------------------------------- The explicit language that guns speak is only understood by those who got shot dead. Wolf Biermann (1936 - ) deutscher Liedermacher German songwriter |
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Politicians say "no to drugs" While we are paying for wars in South America. Fighting fire with empty words While the banks get fat, the poor stay poor, the rich get rich, the cops get paid to look away - that´s the one per cent that rules America. Queensrÿche, "Spreading the Disease" (Operation: Mindcrime, 1988) |
Der Politiker ist ein Akrobat. Er hält das Gleichgewicht dadurch, dass er das Gegenteil von dem sagt, was er tut." --------------------------------- Politicians are acrobats. They maintain their balance by doing the opposite of what they say. Maurice Barrès (1862 - 1923), französischer Schriftsteller French author |
See the town´s ablaze and TV´s live to show it´s burning. All the while, the smiling juvenile Is seeking for mercy. I see these crimes all of the time. When will they end ? Queensrÿche, "Cuckoo´s Nest" (Hear in the Now-Frontier, 1997) |
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Für Leute, die Macht haben, meine Herren, gibt es keine größere Sünde als vor der eigenen Verantwortung scheu zu werden.
--------------------------------- Gentlemen, for those who have power, nothing is a bigger sin than shying at their own responsibility. Pjotr Arkadjewitsch Stolypin (1862-1911), russischer Premierminister Russian prime minister |
Der neue Faschismus wird nicht sagen: "Ich bin der neue Faschismus." Er wird sagen: "Ich bin der Antifaschismus." --------------------------------- The new fascism will not say, "I am the new fascism." It will say, "I am the anti-fascism." Ignazio Silone (1900-1978), italienischer Schriftsteller und Sozialist Italian author and socialist |
Die Strafe für Political Correctness ist die kollektive Gehirnerweichung. --------------------------------- The punishment for political correctness is the collective slump of the brains. Norbert Bolz (1953 - ), deutscher Philosoph und Theoretiker German philosopher and theoretician |