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Send back the uniforms!
Send back the generous reich!
Send us back to our lives
on the waving blue wild
and remove every mark
down to the waterline
and with your arms at your sides
turn homeward.
Over seas.
Over roads.
Over burning atolls.
Hurl your empire's crown
back in the heart
of the waves.
eber im lok jiktok ikerele
kot iban bok hartu jonan an elap ippa
Relay, relay the unquenchable song through the wire
where your horses alight
on the shores of our lives.
The world blooms for the last time.
Send back the generous reich!
Send us back to our lives
on the waving blue wild
and remove every mark
down to the waterline
and with your arms at your sides
turn homeward.
Over roads.
Over burning atolls.
Hurl your empire's crown
back in the heart
of the waves.
kot iban bok hartu jonan an elap ippa
where your horses alight
on the shores of our lives.
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Here are the lyrics, as far as I can hear. [???] means an unknown word or phrase.
Send back the uniforms Send back the generous [???] Send us back to our [???] On the waving blue [???] [???] the moon, every mark down to the waterline With your arms at your sides Turn homeward
Over seas, over rocks Over burning towers [???] empire's crown Blacken the heart Of the [???]
Bring back [???] [???] And the [???] On the shore of our lives
[???] for the last time
Send back the uniforms! Send back the generous reich! Send us back to our lives on the waving blue wild and remove every mark down to the waterline and with your arms at your sides turn homeward.
Over seas. Over roads. Over burning atolls. Hurl your empire's crown back in the heart of the waves.
eber im lok jiktok ikerele kot iban bok hartu jonan an elap ippa
Relay, relay the unquenchable song through the wire where your horses alight on the shores of our lives.
The world blooms for the last time.
Very straightforward continuation of the album's main theme, the destructive effects of colonialism and, especially, World War II on the indigenous island peoples of the world. Like other songs on the island, it is from the perspective of the island peoples.
Very straightforward continuation of the album's main theme, the destructive effects of colonialism and, especially, World War II on the indigenous island peoples of the world. Like other songs on the island, it is from the perspective of the island peoples.
The song's (and album's) overarching message is, "Go home colonialists!" "Burning atolls" is probably a reference to the atomic tests conducted on various South Pacific islands. (It might be a reference to the whaleship Essex, but that's a stretch.)
The song's (and album's) overarching message is, "Go home colonialists!" "Burning atolls" is probably a reference to the atomic tests conducted on various South Pacific islands. (It might be a reference to the whaleship Essex, but that's a stretch.)
"Eber im lok" etc. is another quote from the Bikinian anthem, a sample of which opens...
"Eber im lok" etc. is another quote from the Bikinian anthem, a sample of which opens the album.
"The world blooms for the last time" is probably a reference to the destruction of the micro-cultures, like those of pacific islands. The diversity of human cultures and lifestyles decreased catastrophically over the last two centures, but particularly in the last one.