| Catherine Wheel – Judy Staring At The Sun Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The headstones also have a song called "Judy". It's meaning is not as clear, but there are similarities. "She spends her days looking in to the sun" |
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| Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Before WWII communism was very popular with the left leaning intellectual elite. They saw fascism as a huge threat and thought that by joining the communists in the Spain civil war they could prevent fascism from spreading, help the world, build a utopia, etc. Needless to say, they were fairly naive. Many went to fight the fascists without any concept of how horrible it would be. So you had these left leaning university grad intellectuals (like Austin) who had only fired rifles when hunting, enlisting to be fighters and ambulance drivers in Spain. Hence the "if I can shoot rabbits then I can shoot fascists". Only once they got there did they start to realize that the communists were just as much puppets controlled by Russia as the fascists were controlled by Germany & Italy (in fact maybe even more so). They were young and vain and thought they could win. The fascists were much better equipped and organized and probably had more local support. Many returned to England and America broken men. Hence the line "Gravity keeps my head down Or is it maybe shame At being so young and being so vain". Notice how they had to keep their heads down to avoid being shot. Many had been pacifists in college, they were idealistic and unprepared. The war wasn't real to them, until they arrived and saw their friends killed. Hence, "Holes in your head today But I'm a pacifist I've walked La Ramblas But not with real intent" The war became a prelude to World War II, in which oddly enough, the victorious Spanish fascists remained neutral. “Bullets for your brain today But we'll forget it all again” |
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