My 1000th post: posting lyrics by David Sylvian's World Citizen

[MagickMuffin]

This is a song composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto; Lyrics by David Sylvian. It seems as though we should all become World Citizens

World Citizen

There goes one baby's life
It's such a small amount
She's un-American
I guess it doesn't count

Six thousand children's lives
Were simply thrown away
Lost without medicine
Inside of thirty days

In the New York harbour
Where the stock's withheld
It was the price we paid
For a safer world

World is suffering
World is suffering
World is suffering
World citizen

In Madhya Pradesh
Where they're building dams
They're displacing native people
From their homes and lands

So they hunger strike
Cos they believe they count
To lose a single life
Is such a small amount

In the name of progress
And democracy
The concepts represented in name only

His world is suffering
Her world is suffering
Their world is suffering
World citizen

World citizen

And the buildings fall
In a cloud of dust
And we ask ourselves
How could they hate us?
Well, when we live in ignorance and luxury
While our super powers practice
Puppet mastery

We raise the men
Who run the fascist states
And we sell them arms
So they maintain their place

We turn our backs
On the things they done
Their human rights record
And the guns they run

His world is suffering
Her world is suffering
Their world is suffering
World citizen

My world is suffering
Your world is suffering
Our world is suffering
World citizen

Who'll do away with flags?
Who'll do us proud?
Remove the money from their pockets
Scream dissent out loud?

Cos god ain't on our side
The shoe won't fit
And though they think the war is won
That's not the last of it

Disenfranchised people
Need their voices heard
And if no one stops to listen
Lose their faith in words

And violence rises
When all hope is lost
Who'll embrace the human spirit
And absorb the cost?

Not one life is taken
In my name
In my name

His world is suffering
Her world is suffering
Their world is suffering
World citizen

My world is suffering
Your world is suffering
Our world is suffering
World citizen

© 2003 by David Sylvian/Opium (Arts) Ltd

Alright this is officially 1001 post, I originally posted in GD, but fear it will sink like a rock so I thought I would post it here as well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear MagickMuffin.........

Congrats on your 1000th post......

Great lyrics, too......

Welcome to the Lounge, BTW....

It is the living, beating heart of DU.........

:toast: :bounce: :bounce: :toast:

[MagickMuffin]

3. Thanks for the welcome

I read a lot of the post here, although I generally haven't joined in on the discussions.

Maybe that will change now that I have gotten to the magickal 1000 post.

:bounce: :toast:

[tuvor]

2. I did my best, MM!

(That Sakamoto link you gave me is taking FOREVER to download! I'm at over 35 million...bytes? and nothing's happened yet.)

Oh, wait. Something's finally happened, but it's wreaking havoc with my system resources. Nice ambient music in the meantime...

[MagickMuffin]

4. It does take a long time to download

however after listening to it I decided to take that link out.

Unless people are into very abstract music it probably would drive some people crazy.:crazy:
It was mostly instrumental, with a small portion of spoken word. However, I liked it.

[Bongo Prophet]

5. Hey, I liked it too

'Cause that's the kinda thing I like.

Others'd like it too, if their the sort of people who like that kinda thing.


:think:


These bushempire daze have made cirkular logic popular, see

The chain music concept is cool, and the animation was rather mesmerizing.

kickaroo, muffmuff.:smoke: