Monday 23th April, today it is a festivity day in a lot of places in Spain. It is the National Day of Castile, this day it is celebrated that citizens revolted against Charles V, Emperor of half of the known world in 1502 in the so called "Revolt of the Comuneros". That was a pretty advance revolution for that time, you can read more about in Wikipedia.
It is also Saint George, Patron Saint of Aragón and Catalunya. In Aragón it is celebrated a victory against the Muslims' forces during the Reconquista and in Catalunya the day is celebrated giving roses and books. I was not in any of these places today so I had to work haha but I woke up today thinking in this song don't know exactly why. Maybe because we should do as the Comuneros and revolt against this ugly world where we are trapped.
The song is from one of the best and more international Basques bands of the moment, Berritxarrak, meaning Bad News, and the song is titled Free ©. This band really rocks so if you have the chance of seeing them live do not hesitate on doing it, they are very great! I hope you enjoy it.
Lyric is picked from the official Berritxarrak website.
Bad News - Free ©
Look, count, add
A cell-phone smaller than the ones around you
Boobs bigger than the ones around you
A car faster than the ones around you
A model newer than the ones around you
Don’t say, don’t do anything
Don’t think, don’t feel
Everything can be banned here
You are free © in your huge cages
You can buy anything you want in you huge cages
And you still complain
You can change the chain in your huge cages
Look, count, add
Drunkenness bigger than the ones around you
A TV show coarser than yesterday’s
A song easier than yesterday’s
A waist narrower than the ones around you
Don’t say, don’t do anything, don’t think, don’t feel
Everything can be banned here
You are free © in your huge cages
Look, count, add
The world is under construction, but we didn’t break anything
And it rains, but we don’t know who
And the wind looks angry, but we don’t know with whom
And the sea? The sea is also angry
And it comes to my head a couple of names
But I won’t shut up in the name of the democracy
You are free © in your huge cages
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