| Spandau Ballet – Through The Barricades Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Hmm i dont think this is about lovers and the conflict is about religion I read this somewhere, from someone in Singapore Heya peeps, there Im so sorry but there is NO WAY that is is about nothern Ireland. Ok, assuming it is, are there Poles in Ireland? I don't think so. Why did I ask this question? Well, if you watched the official MV of this song on you tube(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLR9yyI9CHg), and watched it to exactly 1min 01 second, you will see the camera pan across some old pictures and the word "POLSKI" written in old times roman typeset. For those of you who don't know this, "Polski" means "Polish" (the language) in Polish. What I feel about this song, is that it is about Poland. In WW2, the Soviets and the Nazis were initially allies. Before Hitler made a dash for Danzig, he told Stalin that if they invade Poland together, they'd share Poland when they win the battle. They'd divide Poland up; Hitler would take the western side and Stalin would have the eastern side. (the current border of Poland between Belarus & Ukraine marks where Hitler and Stalin agreed where the borders of Nazi Germany and the USSR would be) However, as we know it, Hitler broke the alliance soon after the USSR and Nazi Germany was at war. Eventually, when the Red army won back land taken by Germany and and the Nazi surrendered, Stalin,in prior discussions with the allies, was unwilling to forsake the land that he got from the Poles earlier. Due to Stalin's insistence and the west needing Stalin's support for the Pacific war that was still waging, they asked the then Polish government in Exile to accede to Stalin's request as a form of their "contribution" or gift of "appreciation" to the Soviets. The Poles were unwilling but had to relent. Also, the song portrays the betrayal that the Poles felt. The Polish army eventually went on to fight in both Stalin's army and the British army; hence the part in the song which goes: "Father made my history He thought for what he thought would set us somehow free" They were there, because they believed that if they helped the allies fight the war, they'd get their homeland back. Evidence can be seen from the battle of Monte Cassino, many of the dead allied troops were Polish, and many from Lwow(Lviv). However, when the war ended, many of these soldiers had no where to return to as most of the places that they were from (including Lwow) no longer belonged to Poland. - Nicholas, Singapore, Singapore |
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| Rurouni Kenshin – Freckles Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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hmm i have a different interpretation of this song.. which makes more sense for the rurouni kenshin anime the person (can be a girl or a guy, not necessarily a girl just because the singer is a girl) checked his/her horoscope and stated that he/she will meet his/her love one. Apparently he/she did, but the love they had did not last. It was a beautiful one but still hurts him when he/she remembers it, and wondered what it liked if they had managed to continue with their relationship. He/She would have wanted to be with him/her and get further away. He/she spent a lot of his/her life sitting in his/her own sorrow but He/she but realized he/she had to move on because his/her sorrow cannot feed his/her hungry stomach. When he/she went on. he/she discovered on a new life and somehow the pain he/she had for his/her previous loved one is not that visible compared before. That matches too with Rurouni Kenshin referring to Kenshin and Tomoe, Kenshin's previous life, and his newly found love in Kaoru. ;) |
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