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The Day We Killed Lyrics
into mass graves we've shoveled lives /
a massive pipeline for the lies /
a past so vast with genocide /
and ignorance we hid behind /
you say that we are done with this /
turn blind eyes and still dismiss /
chalk this up as something passed /
and still create a lower caste /
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lies /
the way you live shows no remorese /
for the day /
the day we killed crazy horse /
innocence with glassy eyes /
kill the nation, steal their pride /
on broken backs we build empires /
twisting spines for the steeple spires /
how many people can you kill? /
look at your twenty dollar bill /
do you see third world poverty /
inside the lines of of your country? /
and now to treaties we are loyal /
but tear them up when we smell oil /
a massive pipeline for the lies /
a past so vast with genocide /
and ignorance we hid behind /
you say that we are done with this /
turn blind eyes and still dismiss /
chalk this up as something passed /
and still create a lower caste /
lies /
the way you live shows no remorese /
for the day /
the day we killed crazy horse /
innocence with glassy eyes /
kill the nation, steal their pride /
on broken backs we build empires /
twisting spines for the steeple spires /
how many people can you kill? /
look at your twenty dollar bill /
do you see third world poverty /
inside the lines of of your country? /
and now to treaties we are loyal /
but tear them up when we smell oil /
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Crazy horse was a leader of a soux indian tribe. General custer came and destroyed his village. The reminants of his trbe combined with warriors from neirborring tribes joined forces and fought custers troops at little big horn. He died at an army base in Nebraska, in 1877 at the age of 33.
yea. you forgot to add the cool part when the guy is talking. about the dead people lying around the gulch. it's very...uhm..libertating. definitly opens your eyes.
another song about the mis-treating of native americans. America as a country thought nothing of killing and shoving them away to further our progress. even now as a modern nation we rarely give anything to native americans. Not many peoalive even remember what happened, and even less have any respect for what they've been through.
i think this song isn't just about the treatment of native americans, but our treatment of poorer countries in general, hence the line "and now to treaties we are loyal, but tear them up when we smell oil" we go into countries where we're not wanted, and when countries cry out to us (tibet, and for many years the jews in germany before we got involved) we ignore them
i don't really see the third world countries connections as much...if you study the history of indians there were many times when treaties were disregarded when they discovered oil on the land that they had given them
Great song bout a dark part of our country's past. In the 18th and 19th centuries the native americans were forced from their lands and many died. Now the ones remaining live on small reservations here and there, but most people don't pay much attention to them or what happened to their ancestors. A great song, upbeat and a little angry sounding.
It's crazy to think our two presidential candidates were making eachother out to be complete scumbags last year for not fighting in Vietnam; and years ago Anderw Jackson, became President despite being a brutal indian killing machine. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee really is a wild book.
"Look at your twenty dollar bill"
Jackson is on the 20$ bill. He was responsible for killing off Native Americans.
Why does he deserve to be on the bill?
Its another FIF song about American Indians and their disgusting mistreatment by whites. Crazy Horse was some kind of leader in some battle, not sure of the details.
read bury my heart at wounded knee. his story is in there, along with a lot of others. very good book.