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Victims of the Revolution Lyrics
What will prove to be our big mistake?
Short-sighted arrogance all for what sake?
Our families to ashes, our ambition to dust;
our progeny in silence thinking, "What about us?"
But don't forget the dance of neglect.
The march for empowering prosperity,
The pain from loss and want for mere lucidity.
Just maternal residue, and I was there too,
and maybe so were you.
When something is won it comes with sacrifice.
It's there beneath the joy, the glory and pride.
Rarely it's acknowledged but in positive light;
Consciously omitting to the losers' plight.
But don't forget the dance of neglect.
The craving for community that never was met,
The longing for status and the overture of regret.
With no one to deter, pathetically unsure
forgetting who they were.
Just maternal residue, and I was there too
and maybe so were you.
Short-sighted arrogance all for what sake?
Our families to ashes, our ambition to dust;
our progeny in silence thinking, "What about us?"
The march for empowering prosperity,
The pain from loss and want for mere lucidity.
Just maternal residue, and I was there too,
and maybe so were you.
It's there beneath the joy, the glory and pride.
Rarely it's acknowledged but in positive light;
Consciously omitting to the losers' plight.
The craving for community that never was met,
The longing for status and the overture of regret.
With no one to deter, pathetically unsure
forgetting who they were.
and maybe so were you.
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In essence, the song is saying that violence begets nothing but sorrow. In our "Short-sighted arrogance" we destroyed that which we loved, that which we fought for, leaving our descendants to rebuild the world we shattered.
the second stanza points out that, as the the winner gets the privilege to write the history, Revolutions and wars are remembered as great victories and triumphant blows against an oppressive foe, failing to note that countless men were cut down to pave this road to freedom. It is important to remember that, somehow, the enemy at least felt justified in their actions, or else they wouldn't have fought.
The revolution was short-sighted and hurt our enemies and innocents(progeny). We danced thinking we were doing good, but it was actually the "dance of neglect."