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Shock

Venom: your monologues,
your colorless speeches,
you don't see that we AREN'T alone,
millions from pole to pole!
 
To the sound of a single chorus,
we will march with the tone,
with the conviction that THE THIEVING STOPS!!
 
Your state of control,
your corrupt throne of gold,
your politics and your wealth,
and your treasure, no.
 
The hour has struck, the hour has struck
 
We will allow NO MORE, no more your doctrine of shock
 
The hour has struck, the hour has struck (doctrine of shock)
The hour has struck, the hour has struck (doctrine of shock)
The hour has struck, the hour has struck (doctrine of shock)
The hour has struck, the hour has struck
 
NO nations, only corporations,
who has more, more actions,
fat slices, powerful decisions for very little.
 
Pinochetan^ constitution,
opus dei rights, fascist books.
Guerilla disguised as a pardoned elitist,
the drop falls, the stocks fall, the occupation takes the broken machine.
the street doesn't keep quiet, the street scratches
the street doesn't keep quiet, as wide as it is.
 
They take everything, sell everything,
make a profit from everything, life, death,
it's all business.
I eat you all, seed, (pascuala?), methods and choruses.
 
Venom: your monologues,
your colorless speeches,
you don't see that we AREN'T alone,
millions from pole to pole!!
 
To the sound of a single chorus,
we will march with the tone,
with the conviction that THE THIEVING STOPS!!
 
Your state of control,
your corrupt throne of gold,
your politics and your wealth,
and your treasure, no.
 
The hour has struck, the hour has struck
 
We will allow NO MORE, no more your doctrine of shock
 
The hour has struck, the hour has struck (doctrine of shock)
The hour has struck, the hour has struck (doctrine of shock)
The hour has struck, the hour has struck (doctrine of shock)
The hour has struck, the hour has struck
 
(Some people talk.)
 
Hit for hit, kiss for kiss,
with wishes and nourishment
with ashes, with the fire of the present, remembering,
with certainty and ripping, with the clear objetive,
with memory and with the history of the future, it's NOW!
 
Everything: this trial tube,
everything: this daily laboratory,
everything: this failure, everything: this condemned economic model from dinosaur times.
 
Everything is criminalized, everything is justified in the news,
they get rid of everything, walk all over everything, open a file on everything and classify it.
 
But...your politics and your tactics,
your typical smile and ethics.
Your manipulated communiqué
How many of them were silenced?
 
Cops, hoses and lumas*,
cops, hoses and tunas**,
cops, hoses, DON'T ADD UP.
How many were those who stole the fortunes?
 
Venom: your monologues,
your colorless speeches,
you don't see that we AREN'T alone,
millions from pole to pole!!
 
To the sound of a single chorus,
we will march with the tone,
with the conviction that THE THIEVING STOPS!!
 
Your state of control,
your corrupt throne of gold,
your politics and your wealth,
and your treasure, no.
 
The hour has struck, the hour has struck
 
We will allow NO MORE, no more your doctrine of shock
 
The hour has struck, the hour has struck (doctrine of shock)
The hour has struck, the hour has struck (doctrine of shock)
The hour has struck, the hour has struck (doctrine of shock)
The hour has struck, the hour has struck
 
^referring to the former Chilean dictator, Agusto Pinochet, who ruled from 1974-1990
*indigenous Chilean/Argentinian plant
**musical group made up of university students
 
Original lyrics

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petitbalperdupetitbalperdu    Wed, 21/03/2012 - 23:23

derecho opus dei - the law of Opus Dei
Golpista disfrazado de un indulto elitista - here, we're talking about the putschists of Chile, not guerillas
La hora sono, la hora sonó (doctrina del shock) - The hour strikes, the hour has struck (Shock Doctrine) - note the different tenses. Shock Doctrine refers to Naomi Klein's eponymous book describing the effects of free market policies
este tubo de ensayo - this trial test
Todo se criminaliza - everything is becoming criminal or everything is criminalizing
lumas - this Chilean slang refers to the police clubs (batons)
tunas - Chilean slang for gun

kennethclayton4kennethclayton4    Sat, 21/07/2012 - 14:43

Thanks for the translations of lumas and tunas that is better. You can hear Ana Tijoux explain those lyrics on NPR's Alt Latino from 5/30/12

GreySkiesGreySkies    Wed, 12/06/2013 - 16:28

Great translation. Thank you for actually interpreting the lyrics and not translating them word for word.

the_katthe_kat    Thu, 05/12/2013 - 13:54

cae la gota, cae la bolsa, la toma se toma la maquina rota.
la calle no calle, la calle se raya
la calle no calla, *debate que estalla.

*todo lo quitan, todo lo venden
todo se lucra la vida, la muerte

Golpe a golpe, *verso a verso.
con las ganas y el aliento

("golpe a golpe, verso a verso" is a reference to a song by Joan Manuel Serrat: "Cantares")

All this trial tube,
all this daily laboratory,
all this failure, all this condemned economic model from dinosaur times.

Se usa "all" al estar determinado el contenido de "todo".

*Cops, water cannons and police batons,
cops, water cannons and guns,
cops, water cannons, DON'T ADD UP.
How many were those who stole the fortunes?

("Guanaco" is a chilean slang for water cannon, because they "spit water" to the people; and "lumas" is the same for police baton, stick, club, etc. because the tree from where it made it's named "Luma").

Greetings!