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When Lenin was little
All the birds in the forest were singing, "Man, this is it!"
But now that he's older
All the sailors in the heaver are screaming, "Abandon ship!"
I know it can't be right
I know it can't be right
But I just smile instead
Of repeating what I said
In my head
When Lenin was little
Dressed up like a vampire on All Hallow's Eve
All the saints up in heaven
Were looking down at the leaves falling from the trees
I know it can't be right
Daddy, daddy, please save the world from the government
Daddy, daddy, please save my soul from my own judgement
Daddy, daddy, please send me a heart that isn't made of cement
Because the money's all been spent
The money's all been spent
All the birds in the forest were singing, "Man, this is it!"
But now that he's older
All the sailors in the heaver are screaming, "Abandon ship!"
I know it can't be right
I know it can't be right
But I just smile instead
Of repeating what I said
In my head
When Lenin was little
Dressed up like a vampire on All Hallow's Eve
All the saints up in heaven
Were looking down at the leaves falling from the trees
I know it can't be right
Daddy, daddy, please save my soul from my own judgement
Daddy, daddy, please send me a heart that isn't made of cement
Because the money's all been spent
The money's all been spent
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V.I. Lenin........extreme leftist.
yes. go arcade fire.
this song has to do with the russian revolution am i right ? would anyone like to clarify for me (:
Absolutely. Lenin was the communist (not really the same "left" as the one on America's current political spectrum) who seized the revolution. He travelled secretly from Switzerland to Russia in WWI because he realized the revolution was happening/about to take form. He overtook it and brought the Bolsheviks into power. He had a stroke at 52 and died at 54; it was then that Stalin ("Man of Steel") took power and REALLY fucked everything up.
A lot of people glamorize Lenin, which shows their ignorance. The death camps during the Russian Revolution (comparable to those during the Holocaust) started under Lenin's rule. He was a mass murdered.
Hope this helps!
Which massacres were you referring to?
Which massacres were you referring to?
Where is this song from? I just HAVE to get this.
You can find it on Dark Was the Night, a compilation.
You can find it on Dark Was the Night, a compilation.
Lenin wasn't particularly leftwing. In the context of the revolutionary movement as it stood in russia in 1917 he was far right. He admits it himself in this book he wrote attacking those to the left of him: http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/index.htm
He led the bolsheviks who hijacked the russian revolution, and was far more brutal in murdering those to the left of him than those to the right. The sailors in the song refer to the kronstadt sailors - serious revolutionaries who thought lenin wasn't communist enough and rose up against him. He had them massacred.
Most of Lenins writings are online here: http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/index.htm
"The death camps during the Russian Revolution (comparable to those during the Holocaust)" You got a source for that?
hmm, well there was the Soviet "Red Terror" in 1918 which Lenin was responsible for, a series of executions/massacres also there were stages of forced famine and attacks on racial and religious groups but certainly not to the scale of the Shoah during world war II. Im curious of any other massacres? sorry i am trying to reply to both of you. Anyway on a different note i LOVE this song.
hmm, well there was the Soviet "Red Terror" in 1918 which Lenin was responsible for, a series of executions/massacres also there were stages of forced famine and attacks on racial and religious groups but certainly not to the scale of the Shoah during world war II. Im curious of any other massacres? sorry i am trying to reply to both of you. Anyway on a different note i LOVE this song.