Stamattina mi è tornata alla mente una vecchia canzone(1998) del gruppo scozzese Manic street preachers: "If you tolerate this your children will be next".
Ispirata e dedicata ai volontari che arrivarono da tutto il mondo per combattere la guerra civile spagnola.
Un testo semplice...
The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold
So if I can shoot rabbits Then I can shoot fascists
Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next...
Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young and being so vain
Holes in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Ramblas
But not with real intent
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next..
And on the street tonight an old man plays
With newspaper cuttings of his glory days
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next...
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