ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER de Jimi Hendrix
"There must be some kind of way out of here,"
Said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion,
I can't get no relief.
Businessman they drink my wine,
Plowman dig my earth
None will level on the line, nobody offered his word, hey"
"No reason to get excited,"
The thief, he kindly spoke
"There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late"
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too
Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl
*buisness man there, drink my wine,
Come and take my herb.
REROUTE TO REMAIN de In Flames
It started as a whisper
Now try to dodge this roar
Unified, the most forceful way to go
Waste this one? It’s up to you!
We need this revolution
Destroy the pattern
Anything that separates
Across the times
Who dares to follow?
For years we wandered these circles
Hold on to whatever lie gets us through
Design new latitudes
(Find ways to channel bliss)
Us defined is too fragile to neglect
Reroute to remain
Reroute to remain
Never want to look back in greed
Can I please have your attention?
There are mountains to cross
For all that are willing
There are never ending treasures that await you
MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC de Mama Cass Eliot
Nobody can tell ya;
There's only one song worth singin'.
They may try and sell ya,
'cause it hangs them up
to see somone like you.
But you've gotta make your own kind of music
sing your own special song,
make your own kind of music even if nobody
else sing along.
So if you cannot take my hand,
and if you must be goin',
I will understand.
You're gonna be knowing
the loneliest kind of lonely.
It may be rough goin',
just to do your thing's
the hardest thing to do.
So if you cannot take my hand,
and if you must be goin',
I will understand.
LEFT OF CENTER de Serj Tankian
Are we a fantasy? swimming in theocracy
We are far from holy the wholeness of one
Repeat after me
We lost the key of sight
Now blind we fear in flight
We are far from love but silence is golden
Please observe
Fighting your empire defending your vampires
Far away, we're going too far
Bombing your ignorance we're feeding your insolence
Far away, we're going too far
We're going too far
If today I die I cannot deny
The life that I live
For what I say not befit myself in time
No time to die our dare
No structures of a pyramid
No train, horses to rise
Surmise my position my words define
Fighting your empire defending your vampires
Far away, we're going too far
Bombing your ignorance we're feeding your insolence
Far away, we're going too far
We're going too far
We go forward we go backward
Living, dying, we're dying, we're living
We're living, we're dying, we're crying, we're seeing
We're living, we're breathing, dying, seeing
DÉCLARATION de George Moustaki
Je déclare l'état de bonheur permanent
Et le droit de chacun à tous les privilèges.
Je dis que la souffrance est chose sacrilège
Quand il y a pour tous des roses et du pain blanc.
Je conteste la légitimité des guerres,
La justice qui tue et la mort qui punit,
Les consciences qui dorment au fond de leur lit,
La civilisation au bras des mercenaires.
Je regarde mourir ce siècle vieillissant.
Un monde différent renaîtra de ses cendres
Mais il ne suffit plus simplement de l'attendre :
Je l'ai trop attendu. Je le veux à présent.
Que ma femme soit belle à chaque heure du jour
Sans avoir à se dissimuler sous le fard
Et qu'il ne soit plus dit de remettre à plus tard
L'envie que j'ai d'elle et de lui faire l'amour.
Que nos fils soient des hommes, non pas des adultes
Et qu'ils soient ce que nous voulions être jadis.
Que nous soyons frères camarades et complices
Au lieu d'être deux générations qui s'insultent.
Que nos pères puissent enfin s'émanciper
Et qu'ils prennent le temps de caresser leur femme
Après toute une vie de sueur et de larmes
Et des entre-deux-guerres qui n'étaient pas la paix.
Je déclare l'état de bonheur permanent
Sans que ce soit des mots avec de la musique,
Sans attendre que viennent les temps messianiques,
Sans que ce soit voté dans aucun parlement.
Je dis que, désormais, nous serons responsables.
Nous ne rendrons de compte à personne et à rien
Et nous transformerons le hasard en destin,
Seuls à bord et sans maître et sans dieu et sans diable.
Et si tu veux venir, passe la passerelle.
Il y a de la place pour tous et pour chacun
Mais il nous reste à faire encore du chemin
Pour aller voir briller une étoile nouvelle.
Je déclare l'état de bonheur permanent.
