Khader Adnan, Bobby Sands

Khader Adnan, Bobby Sands Lyrics

Song Khader Adnan, Bobby Sands
Artist David Rovics
Album Everything Can Change
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[00:00.000] 作曲 : David Stefan Rovics
[00:07.01] Khader Adnan grew up near Jenin City
[00:10.06] You could say he was a product of his time
[00:13.14] Ever since he was a kid he'd get arrested
[00:16.29] Though he was never charged with any crime
[00:19.99] Spending half his life in prison
[00:22.59] A life lived like so many of his friends
[00:26.25] Arbitrary and indefinite detention
[00:29.60] Never knowing if your jail time would end
[00:32.20] Khader Adnan was arrested last December
[00:35.90] Again he wasn't told the reason why
[00:39.00] He was shackled, he was beaten, he was tortured
[00:42.30] There beneath the Middle Eastern sky
[00:45.50] Perhaps there was a moment when he realized
[00:48.20] That right then, with his body, he'd say no
[00:51.65] But from then on he refused to eat another meal
[00:55.00] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[01:00.00] Khader Adnan grew up in a war zone
[01:03.20] But all the tanks and planes were only on one side
[01:06.50] It was a type of war that they call occupation
[01:09.61] Settlement, removal, fratricide
[01:12.75] And anyone who talked about resistance
[01:15.90] Who thought they did not deserve to be a slave
[01:19.20] Would be looking down the barrel of a gun
[01:22.20] And often find themselves inside an early grave
[01:26.14] Khader Adnan loves his wife and daughters
[01:29.19] And he likes to eat his daily bread
[01:32.60] But in prison he can't see his children
[01:35.64] Or live life with the lady that he wed
[01:38.96] So on behalf of all the children without fathers
[01:42.24] He decided he had to strike a blow
[01:45.84] He said I will have dignity or death
[01:49.26] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[01:55.00] Each time Khader Adnan was arrested
[01:57.80] In prison he would learn a little more
[02:01.00] And soon he became the teacher
[02:04.58] And he'd talk about the times that came before
[02:07.47] They talked about civil disobedience
[02:10.20] They talked about the ballot and the gun
[02:14.00] They talked about the Occupied Six Counties
[02:17.30] And the H Blocks in 1981
[02:20.55] Khader Adnan talked of perseverance
[02:23.62] And how someday their people might be free
[02:27.07] How someday they might hear their children laughing
[02:30.36] Unafraid, how someday things could be
[02:33.71] And then at 3:30 on one morning
[02:36.73] The soldiers came, their rifles pointed low
[02:40.45] And they took Khader Adnan from his family
[02:43.50] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[02:49.35] They say Khader Adnan is a terrorist
[02:52.11] Just like they said of Bobby Sands
[02:55.31] Because he dares speak out against injustice
[02:58.51] Because he dares to make a stand
[03:02.04] Because he dares believe that he is human
[03:05.05] And he does not deserve to live this way
[03:08.30] Because he dares to consider an alternative
[03:11.26] Because he dares imagine a new day
[03:14.93] Khader Adnan lost his liberty before he was born
[03:18.48] To fight for life it's death he must embrace
[03:21.43] But just like others come before him
[03:25.06] There are others waiting to take his place
[03:28.12] And even the great powers can lose interest
[03:31.43] In supporting such a vicious status quo
[03:34.67] Because you can't break a man who won't be broken
[03:38.16] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[03:43.55] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[00:00.000] zuo qu : David Stefan Rovics
[00:07.01] Khader Adnan grew up near Jenin City
[00:10.06] You could say he was a product of his time
[00:13.14] Ever since he was a kid he' d get arrested
[00:16.29] Though he was never charged with any crime
[00:19.99] Spending half his life in prison
[00:22.59] A life lived like so many of his friends
[00:26.25] Arbitrary and indefinite detention
[00:29.60] Never knowing if your jail time would end
[00:32.20] Khader Adnan was arrested last December
[00:35.90] Again he wasn' t told the reason why
[00:39.00] He was shackled, he was beaten, he was tortured
[00:42.30] There beneath the Middle Eastern sky
[00:45.50] Perhaps there was a moment when he realized
[00:48.20] That right then, with his body, he' d say no
[00:51.65] But from then on he refused to eat another meal
[00:55.00] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[01:00.00] Khader Adnan grew up in a war zone
[01:03.20] But all the tanks and planes were only on one side
[01:06.50] It was a type of war that they call occupation
[01:09.61] Settlement, removal, fratricide
[01:12.75] And anyone who talked about resistance
[01:15.90] Who thought they did not deserve to be a slave
[01:19.20] Would be looking down the barrel of a gun
[01:22.20] And often find themselves inside an early grave
[01:26.14] Khader Adnan loves his wife and daughters
[01:29.19] And he likes to eat his daily bread
[01:32.60] But in prison he can' t see his children
[01:35.64] Or live life with the lady that he wed
[01:38.96] So on behalf of all the children without fathers
[01:42.24] He decided he had to strike a blow
[01:45.84] He said I will have dignity or death
[01:49.26] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[01:55.00] Each time Khader Adnan was arrested
[01:57.80] In prison he would learn a little more
[02:01.00] And soon he became the teacher
[02:04.58] And he' d talk about the times that came before
[02:07.47] They talked about civil disobedience
[02:10.20] They talked about the ballot and the gun
[02:14.00] They talked about the Occupied Six Counties
[02:17.30] And the H Blocks in 1981
[02:20.55] Khader Adnan talked of perseverance
[02:23.62] And how someday their people might be free
[02:27.07] How someday they might hear their children laughing
[02:30.36] Unafraid, how someday things could be
[02:33.71] And then at 3: 30 on one morning
[02:36.73] The soldiers came, their rifles pointed low
[02:40.45] And they took Khader Adnan from his family
[02:43.50] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[02:49.35] They say Khader Adnan is a terrorist
[02:52.11] Just like they said of Bobby Sands
[02:55.31] Because he dares speak out against injustice
[02:58.51] Because he dares to make a stand
[03:02.04] Because he dares believe that he is human
[03:05.05] And he does not deserve to live this way
[03:08.30] Because he dares to consider an alternative
[03:11.26] Because he dares imagine a new day
[03:14.93] Khader Adnan lost his liberty before he was born
[03:18.48] To fight for life it' s death he must embrace
[03:21.43] But just like others come before him
[03:25.06] There are others waiting to take his place
[03:28.12] And even the great powers can lose interest
[03:31.43] In supporting such a vicious status quo
[03:34.67] Because you can' t break a man who won' t be broken
[03:38.16] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[03:43.55] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[00:00.000] zuò qǔ : David Stefan Rovics
[00:07.01] Khader Adnan grew up near Jenin City
[00:10.06] You could say he was a product of his time
[00:13.14] Ever since he was a kid he' d get arrested
[00:16.29] Though he was never charged with any crime
[00:19.99] Spending half his life in prison
[00:22.59] A life lived like so many of his friends
[00:26.25] Arbitrary and indefinite detention
[00:29.60] Never knowing if your jail time would end
[00:32.20] Khader Adnan was arrested last December
[00:35.90] Again he wasn' t told the reason why
[00:39.00] He was shackled, he was beaten, he was tortured
[00:42.30] There beneath the Middle Eastern sky
[00:45.50] Perhaps there was a moment when he realized
[00:48.20] That right then, with his body, he' d say no
[00:51.65] But from then on he refused to eat another meal
[00:55.00] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[01:00.00] Khader Adnan grew up in a war zone
[01:03.20] But all the tanks and planes were only on one side
[01:06.50] It was a type of war that they call occupation
[01:09.61] Settlement, removal, fratricide
[01:12.75] And anyone who talked about resistance
[01:15.90] Who thought they did not deserve to be a slave
[01:19.20] Would be looking down the barrel of a gun
[01:22.20] And often find themselves inside an early grave
[01:26.14] Khader Adnan loves his wife and daughters
[01:29.19] And he likes to eat his daily bread
[01:32.60] But in prison he can' t see his children
[01:35.64] Or live life with the lady that he wed
[01:38.96] So on behalf of all the children without fathers
[01:42.24] He decided he had to strike a blow
[01:45.84] He said I will have dignity or death
[01:49.26] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[01:55.00] Each time Khader Adnan was arrested
[01:57.80] In prison he would learn a little more
[02:01.00] And soon he became the teacher
[02:04.58] And he' d talk about the times that came before
[02:07.47] They talked about civil disobedience
[02:10.20] They talked about the ballot and the gun
[02:14.00] They talked about the Occupied Six Counties
[02:17.30] And the H Blocks in 1981
[02:20.55] Khader Adnan talked of perseverance
[02:23.62] And how someday their people might be free
[02:27.07] How someday they might hear their children laughing
[02:30.36] Unafraid, how someday things could be
[02:33.71] And then at 3: 30 on one morning
[02:36.73] The soldiers came, their rifles pointed low
[02:40.45] And they took Khader Adnan from his family
[02:43.50] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[02:49.35] They say Khader Adnan is a terrorist
[02:52.11] Just like they said of Bobby Sands
[02:55.31] Because he dares speak out against injustice
[02:58.51] Because he dares to make a stand
[03:02.04] Because he dares believe that he is human
[03:05.05] And he does not deserve to live this way
[03:08.30] Because he dares to consider an alternative
[03:11.26] Because he dares imagine a new day
[03:14.93] Khader Adnan lost his liberty before he was born
[03:18.48] To fight for life it' s death he must embrace
[03:21.43] But just like others come before him
[03:25.06] There are others waiting to take his place
[03:28.12] And even the great powers can lose interest
[03:31.43] In supporting such a vicious status quo
[03:34.67] Because you can' t break a man who won' t be broken
[03:38.16] Like in Belfast not many years ago
[03:43.55] Like in Belfast not many years ago
Khader Adnan, Bobby Sands Lyrics
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