Not when AHEAD TO THE SEA are entering the stage!
This is the new band of the Singer of Across the Border (RIP)!
Riverdance on Speed, with hard Guitars and a great Rhythm-Section, spiced with some cool Dub, the spirit and sound of Punk and some hot Ska Beats. That is their sound and they call it: Folk Punk.
Great Lyrics about Unfairness, Fight and Love, Happiness and Pain without beeing a teacher.
The heart is on the left side...!
A Must have for fans of The Pogues or newer bands like Flogging Molly!
Website: www.ahead-to-the-sea.com
Stop Right Now
Ahead To The Sea Lyrics
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On exploiting third world countries
without knowing any bounderies
Turning nature in a wasteland
while counting with the same hand
"Nine for us and one for them"
they won't resist 'cause we did ban
Trade unions to stop fights for higher wages, human rights
And you tell me they come here please shut up I'm freezin
For luxury goods, for economical reason
You tell me I'm freezin, they come here for a reason
Rightwing propaghanda, please tell me that you're teazin
Stop right now, be quite oh please come down
Think first, then shout
Use your head before you shout out loud
Hey! Stop right now, don't wanna hear no lies, no, please shut your mouth
And outside now, use your head before you judge and shout
Why do you think they risk their lives,
little children, husbands, wifes
Leaving the african coast in more a nutshell than a boat
Escaping hunger, civil war, torture, rapture... you need more?
Over countless wet graves inbetween strong wind and waves
So Fortress Europe builds a wall to prevent decay and fall
Higher and higher, cameras, dogs, barbwire
And you tell me they come here, please shut up I'm freezin
For luxury goods, for economical reason
The lyrics to Ahead To The Sea's song Stop Right Now highlight the issue of exploitation of third world countries by companies for their own economic gain. The lyrics explain how these companies turn natural resources into wasteland while only considering their own profits. Additionally, these companies also suppress the rights of the workers by banning trade unions, causing an imbalance in wages and human rights.
The song also talks about the issue of refugees fleeing their country in boats and risking their lives to find a better living standard. The song questions why people would take such a risk and highlights the issues of hunger, civil war, and torture in their home country as the driving force behind this decision. The song also sheds light on the wall that Fortress Europe builds to protect its resources and prevent refugees from entering, despite knowing about the struggles they face in their own country.
This song is a call for people to stop believing and propagating right-wing propaganda and to think before they judge and shout. It encourages people to use their heads and empathize with others, especially those who are living in difficult situations. The lyrics urge people to stop lying and to acknowledge the truth about the exploitation of third world countries by large companies and the struggles of refugees.
Line by Line Meaning
Quite a lot of companies did build their high profit
Numerous companies have made a considerable amount of money.
On exploiting third world countries
By taking advantage of underprivileged nations.
without knowing any boundaries
Limitless in their actions.
Turning nature in a wasteland
Ruining the environment.
while counting with the same hand
At the same time, they only care about themselves.
"Nine for us and one for them"
A selfish attitude that values their interests over others.
they won't resist 'cause we did ban
They cannot fight back because trade unions have been outlawed.
Trade unions to stop fights for higher wages, human rights
Preventing employees from demanding better compensation and basic human rights.
No equality but lies when do we open our eyes
A lack of fairness and the constant stream of misinformation.
And you tell me they come here please shut up I'm freezin
Referring to the refugees who are escaping their terrible circumstances for a better life, but are met with skepticism and hostility.
For luxury goods, for economical reason
The motivation behind the exploitation is economic gain, and the luxury items produced as a result.
Why do you think they risk their lives,
Explaining the reasons behind the refugee crisis.
little children, husbands, wifes
How entire families are desperate to flee their situations.
Leaving the african coast in more a nutshell than a boat
Highlighting the dangerous journey they make to flee their problems, in ill-equipped vessels.
Escaping hunger, civil war, torture, rapture... you need more?
Enumerating the extreme challenges that people are fleeing from.
Over countless wet graves inbetween strong wind and waves
The countless number of people who have lost their lives making this journey.
So Fortress Europe builds a wall to prevent decay and fall
Europe has built barriers to prevent refugees from entering, and tries to justify it as a means of preserving its own security.
Higher and higher, cameras, dogs, barbwire
The escalating efforts to prevent people from undesirable nations from entering.
Hey! Stop right now, don't wanna hear no lies, no, please shut your mouth
A call to halt the spread of baseless accusations.
And outside now, use your head before you judge and shout
The importance of gaining a deep understanding of a situation before becoming hostile to someone who is in distress.
Contributed by Aubrey G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@Shanarob
Something is happening in the world, like a breath that before we did not sense among the waves of gunpowder.
This is the song of what is happening and of what will be.
This is the song of the rain that fell upon the field
like an immense tear of blood and lead.
Today when the Red Army beats on the gates of Prussia
I have chosen to sing for you, for all the earth, this song of dark words,
so that we may be worthy of the coming light.
~Pablo Neruda
1973
@luistpuig
A little bit of context here as well:
The term “Palestine” is derived from the Philistines, an Aegean people who, in the 12th Century B.C.E., settled along the Mediterranean coastal plain of what are now Israel and the Gaza Strip. In the second century C.E., after crushing the last Jewish revolt, the Romans first applied the name Palaestina to Judea (the southern portion of what is now called the West Bank) in an attempt to minimize Jewish identification with the land of Israel. The Arabic word Filastin is derived from this Latin name.
- The Hebrews entered the Land of Israel about 1300 B.C.E., living under a tribal confederation until being united under the first monarch, King Saul. The second king, David, established Jerusalem as the capital around 1000 B.C.E. David’s son, Solomon, built the Temple soon thereafter and consolidated the military, administrative and religious functions of the kingdom. The nation was divided under Solomon’s son, with the northern kingdom (Israel) lasting until 722 B.C.E., when the Assyrians destroyed it, and the southern kingdom (Judah) surviving until the Babylonian conquest in 586 B.C.E. The Jewish people enjoyed brief periods of sovereignty afterward until most Jews were finally driven from their homeland in 135 C.E. Jewish independence in the Land of Israel lasted for more than 400 years. This is much longer than Americans have enjoyed independence in what has become known as the United States.
- In fact, if not for foreign conquerors, Israel would be more than 3,000 years old today. Palestine was never an exclusively Arab country, although Arabic gradually became the language of most of the population after the Muslim invasions of the seventh century. No independent Arab or Palestinian state ever existed in Palestine. When the distinguished Arab-American historian, Princeton University Prof. Philip Hitti, testified against partition before the Anglo-American Committee in 1946, he said: “There is no such thing as ‘Palestine’ in history, absolutely not.”
- Prior to partition, Palestinian Arabs did not view themselves as having a separate identity. When the First Congress of Muslim-Christian Associations met in Jerusalem in February 1919 to choose Palestinian representatives for the Paris Peace Conference, the following resolution was adopted:”We consider Palestine as part of Arab Syria, as it has never been separated from it at any time. We are connected with it by national, religious, linguistic, natural, economic and geographical bonds.”
- In 1937, a local Arab leader, Auni Bey Abdul-Hadi, told the Peel Commission, which ultimately suggested the partition of Palestine: “There is no such country as Palestine! ‘Palestine’ is a term the Zionists invented! There is no Palestine in the Bible. Our country was for centuries part of Syria.”
- The representative of the Arab Higher Committee to the United Nations echoed this view in a statement to the General Assembly in May 1947, which said Palestine was part of the Province of Syria and the Arabs of Palestine did not comprise a separate political entity. A few years later, Ahmed Shuqeiri, later the chairman of the PLO, told the Security Council: “It is common knowledge that Palestine is nothing but southern Syria.”
- Palestinian Arab nationalism is largely a post-World War I phenomenon that did not become a significant political movement until after the 1967 Six-Day War.
@sns4748
Millions of Germans after WW2 were not only violently expelled from Czechoslovacia but from actual German territory like East Prussia, Pomerania and Silesia. Those German territories added up for one quarter of the former German territory and were annexed by Poland and Russia. What Bill considers parts of Poland or Russia was actual German territory until WW2. Most of those people worked hard building up a new life in the remaining parts of Germany.
@Adam-uu9tw
That is something people don't understand. If you lose wars you lose territory. That was the norm then and should be now. 5:45
Germany can consider itself lucky that the country still exists today the way it does. Just as Palestine can be lucky to exist after losing the 1967 war.
@Derrek84
That's what you get when you loose a war. After what Germany did to Europe they're lucky they're still even a country. They should have been occupied themselves. Go to Aushwitz, see what they did to people and tell me you still feel sorry for those 'expelled' Germans.
Btw if you look further into history, East Prussia was given to the Teutonic Order by the Polish king at the time and after it turned out they were ungrateful assholes they were made into a Polish Vassal.
@sns4748
@@Adam-uu9twDisagree about the part that Germany can be lucky to still exist. There was too many German people to hold them back from having a country. Trying so would have caused a constant civil war like conflict. Look, we can’t even hold back Taliban from ruling Afghanistan. 🤷♂️ Furthermore back then the importance of Germany for world economics was way bigger than today. Would have badly impacted global welfare
@andreasulrich3631
You could argue that Germans never elected Hitler into power. He was made chancellor after what was considered a defeat for the NAZI party and even in the last elections, already under Hitlers rule and controlled by SA thugs they did not reach an absolute majority, I think it was like 43% or sth like that.
@sns4748
@@Derrek84 people like you is the reason there was both world wars in the first place 🙄
@ronniew3229
I think Bill is quite happy to mow the lawn.
@bennieknape4857
Yes I think so.
@ilayohana3150
Idiot. Why tf would bill Maher care about the number of a population hundreds of thousands of miles from him
@someotherdude
whatever the hell that means