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12 - Side By Side

from Keep Your Laws Off My Mind by polemica

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lyrics

(scorri per la traduzione in italiano)

do you know what happened?
the story's a long one
the dark, winding road
we've traveled so far

it's littered with corpses
and forbidden freedoms
the bombed-out remains
of the dead avant-garde

it's not any wonder
that numbness surrounds us
we're damaged and injured
and gasping for air

protecting our rights and
preserving all justice
may seem like a dream
but the answers lie there

take my hand, sister
come alive lift your
head up high, brother
side by side
don't be fooled by tv ads or mainstream news or stupid fads

many have written
and sung all about how
the many are ruled by
the fewer than few

defying all reason
from back then to right now
we tried and we tried
but we never broke through

but this is our story
and we are the authors
imagine the plot
as it twists back our way

remember that instinct
to survive is stronger
when our wounds are fresh
keep the bastards at bay

take my hand, sister
come alive lift your
head up high, brother
side by side
don't be fooled by tv ads or mainstream news or stupid fads


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sai cos'è successo?
È una lunga storia
la strada oscura e tortuosa
che abbiamo percorso finora

è piena di cadaveri
e libertà proibite
i resti bombardati
dell'avanguardia defunta

non è sorprendente
che il torpore ci circondi
siamo danneggiati e feriti
e respiriamo a fatica

proteggere i nostri diritti e
conservare ogni giustizia
può sembrare un sogno
ma le risposte stanno là

prendimi per mano, sorella
ravvivati alza la
testa, fratello
fianco a fianco

non farti ingannare dalla pubblicità in tv, dalle notizie di massa o dalle mode stupide

in tanti hanno scritto
e cantato di come
i molti vengono dominati dai
meno che pochi

sfidando ogni ragione
da allora ad adesso
abbiamo tentato e tentato ancora
ma non abbiamo mai sfondato

ma questa è la nostra storia
e noi siamo gli autori
immagina il copione
mentre si rigira verso di noi

ricorda che l'istinto
di sopravvivenza è più forte
quando le ferite sono fresche
tieni a bada i bastardi

prendimi per mano, sorella
ravvivati alza la
testa, fratello
fianco a fianco
non farti ingannare dalla pubblicità in tv, dalle notizie di massa o dalle mode stupide

il testo tradotto da Luca Piercecchi

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from Keep Your Laws Off My Mind, released September 24, 2016

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POLEMICA is the international 4-piece thinkrock band based in Italy. With their new album ...and now...(2023), POLEMICA continues to assault social injustices and provoke critical questions.

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