Sunday, March 20, 2016

My emphasis is going to be on a couple of songs that hold a lot of weight to me. Technically, songs are nothing more than sung poetry after all. So for  my first song I am am going to be discussing the song that my blog url is actually named after. This song is entitled, "Shadow of the Swastika" by one of my favorite bands, "Týr." This song is about no longer taking the blame for the mistakes of the past and at the same time not being ashamed of what you believe simply because an evil person in the past had held a same or similar belief.

Follow this link if you'd like to hear the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syDmeHIZl04

You who think the hue of your hide means you are to blame
And your father's misdeeds are his son's to carry in shame

Not mine I'll take no part
You can shove the sins of the your father where no light may pass
And kiss my Scandinavian ass

Pages of the past
How long will they last?
A lie lost in the legacy of fools left us this parody unsurpassed
Pages of the past
How long will they last?
The shadow of the Swastika by fools' fears now for far too long has been cast

You who think the hue of your hide means you get to blame
The black for your own faults and so bring humanity shame
Make sure you count me out of the ranks of your inbred morons
With your sewer gas and kiss my Scandinavian ass

Pages of the past
How long will they last?
A lie lost in the legacy of fools left us this parody unsurpassed
Pages of the past
How long will they last?
The shadow of the Swastika by fools' fears now for far too long has been cast

Pages of the past
How long will they last?
A lie lost in the legacy of fools left us this parody unsurpassed
Pages of the past
How long will they last?
The shadow of the Swastika by fools' fears now for far too long has been cast

 Now, as you can see, this song is a complete destruction of the Nazi witch-hunt that is still to this day, being used to undermine and discredit individuals. This kind of political predation needs to end immediately. To destroy not only someone's life and livelihood based on the fact that they are proud of their heritage is one of the most immoral action I can think of someone doing. I am personally disgust by people being equivocated to Nazis because they want to continue their own race without interference. This has become such a serious situation that you can be jailed in Germany simply for mentioning something about the Nazis. Books are banned, everything is censored. It's absolutely ridiculous. 

Just to make my little rant a little concise I leave you with the simple question that is asked in this song. How long will the pages of the past continue to plague us?

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