Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Devendra Banheart "Heard Somebody Say"

This protest song is simple, it doesn't have many lyrics, and it is reminiscent of John Lennon's Give Peace a Chance, using repetition for emphasis.  Devendra Banheart is a devout hindu, and like the Beatles, he spent a couple of years in India developing his practice.
This is a war protest song sung from the point of view of a pacifist. It shows the lasting effects of war, that just because a war is declared over, doesn't mean that the pain and devastation of war is forgotten.
I heard somebody say
That the war ended today
But everyone knows its goin' still
Our motherlands and motherseas
Here's what we believe
It's simple
We don't want to kill
Oh, it's simple
We don't want to kill
Oh, it's simple
We don't want to kill
Oh, it's simple
We don't want to kill

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