this song really touches me! and her voice so shrilling! im taking the point of the song being about what being incercerated can do to you. it also explores the fact that to the legal/justice system, you are not even seen as human, you have no feelings, no rights, no claim to life.
I can still remember first hearing this song a few years ago and every time time i listened to it i'd always be crying. i just couldnt help it, the way the song is delivered and the whole story of it. its all so sad but true
still I see a logic leap in refrain's "raze the prisons to the ground".
In USSR we had a song (from Civil War time, 1918-1921) with the following lines:
"We are fanning a world fire
We will raze churches and prisons to the ground".
(I think it can be traced to the Bastille in 18 century France).
Well, such things turn out bad. To close even some prisons takes much more efforts than a revolutionary dash. Still, it can be done, and I thank Joan Baez for raising conscience.
still I see a logic leap in refrain's "raze the prisons to the ground".
In USSR we had a song (from Civil War time, 1918-1921) with the following lines:
"We are fanning a world fire
We will raze churches and prisons to the ground".
(I think it can be traced to the Bastille in 18 century France).
Well, such things turn out bad. To close even some prisons takes much more efforts than a revolutionary dash. Still, it can be done, and I thank Joan Baez for raising conscience.
this song really touches me! and her voice so shrilling! im taking the point of the song being about what being incercerated can do to you. it also explores the fact that to the legal/justice system, you are not even seen as human, you have no feelings, no rights, no claim to life. I can still remember first hearing this song a few years ago and every time time i listened to it i'd always be crying. i just couldnt help it, the way the song is delivered and the whole story of it. its all so sad but true
still I see a logic leap in refrain's "raze the prisons to the ground". In USSR we had a song (from Civil War time, 1918-1921) with the following lines: "We are fanning a world fire We will raze churches and prisons to the ground". (I think it can be traced to the Bastille in 18 century France). Well, such things turn out bad. To close even some prisons takes much more efforts than a revolutionary dash. Still, it can be done, and I thank Joan Baez for raising conscience.
still I see a logic leap in refrain's "raze the prisons to the ground". In USSR we had a song (from Civil War time, 1918-1921) with the following lines: "We are fanning a world fire We will raze churches and prisons to the ground". (I think it can be traced to the Bastille in 18 century France). Well, such things turn out bad. To close even some prisons takes much more efforts than a revolutionary dash. Still, it can be done, and I thank Joan Baez for raising conscience.