Don't believe them for a moment
For a second, do not believe, my friend
When you are down, them are not coming
With a helping hand
Of course there is no us and them
But them they do not think the same
It's them who do not think the same
It's them who do not think

They never step on spiritual path
They paint their faces so differently from ours
And if you listen closely
That war it never stops
That war it never stops
That war

Be them new Romans
Don't envy them my friend
Be their lives longer
Oh, their longer lives are spent
Without a love or faithful friend
All those things they have to rent
Yeah, all those things they have to rent
All those things

But we who see our destiny
In sound of this same old punk song
Let rest originality for sake of passing it around
Illuminating realization number one
You are the only light there is
For yourself my friend
You are the only light there is
For yourself my friend
For yourself my friend
For yourself my friend

There'll be no saviors any soon coming down
And anyway illuminations
Never come from the crowned
Illuminating realization number one
You are the only light there is
For yourself my friend
You are the only light there is
For yourself my friend

But we who see our destiny
In sound of this same old punk song
Let rest originality for sake of passing it around
Illuminating realization number one
You are the only light there is
For yourself my friend
You are the only light there is
For yourself my friend
For yourself my friend
For yourself my friend
For yourself my friend
For yourself my friend


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    My Opinion

    I disagree with both allisont715 and gypsybaxt. Gogol Bordello doesn't seem like a "political singer", as in he doesn't write his songs based on specific things. This is just my opinion. Though, gypsybaxt has a little going with the Everything is Illuminated just because he was in the movie and in a sense it was a gig, and possibly some inspiration for it.

    NiveusNeurologyon April 15, 2010   Link

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