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this is a song about slavery and the legacy of guilt and shame it has left behind...

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(traduction en francais plus bas...)

HIDE

Do you believe
all the truths you learnt in school?
Have you ever questioned
the words of the Prophet, the books, or the rules?
I never realized what it took
for me and my kind to get here today,
what can you say
about a history so clean and glorious
with pages as white
as the skin on the hands that wrote it?

You can’t hide,
you can’t hide,
you can’t hide, my son,
from the sins your father’s done.

Four hundred years of genocide
will no longer hide beneath these lies…
Twenty two million voices cry out
from the bottom of the ocean;
the sins of the father
have come back to haunt the son-
What have I done?
Is mass murder justified
simply because
History was ours to write?

Now the cries ring out
insane as ever,
and the voices cry,
“Son, you can run, but you can’t hide…
Oh no.”

You can’t hide,
you can’t hide,
you can’t hide, my son,
from what your mind has found…
You can’t hide,
you can’t hide,
you can’t hide, my son,
from the sins your father’s done.

…It has begun,
it has begun,
it has begun…

TRADUCTION FRANCAISE DES PAROLES:

Acceptes-tu
les verités á l’école enseignées?
N’as-tu jamais mis en question
les lois de Prophète, les livres, ou ses pensées?
Je n’osais pas déterrer
les chemins cachés du passé,
comment juger
une histoire si propre et glorieuse
dont le récit cache la terne paleur
de ses auteurs?

You can’t hide,
you can’t hide,
you can’t hide, my son,
from what your father’s done…

400 ans de génocide
refusent de périr dans ces mensonges;
22 millions de voix
hurlent sous les flots de l’océan.
Les péchés du père
reviennent hanter le fils,
qu’avons-nous fait?
Un massacre est-il justifié
simplement par le nettoyage
d’une histoire salie de préjugés?
Mais je les entends,
ces voix perdues
qui pleurent dans mon âme,
ces voix qui crient,
“Fils, tu peux courir
mais tu ne peux pas t’enfuir!”

…et ça recommence…
…et ça recommence…

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from Hymns From The Battlefield, released December 1, 1993
words & music by L. Collins
arranged by Collins/ Baumgarten/ Dick

lead voclas & guitar: L. Collins
lead guitar & vocals: D. Baumgarten
bass: EJ Dick
drums: Eric Serrano

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lawrence collins band Bordeaux, France

Lawrence Collins is an american-egyptian singer songwriter, born in France and brought up in France, England, India, and the United States who speaks 4 languages fluently. His music reflects a life spent travelling and experimenting with different cultures, and he has produced 8 studio albums, a movie soundtrack, a live album, and played over 1700 shows during his 20 year career. ... more

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