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Exhausted
Never will a statue be tall enough
To soar higher than any single poplar
And trees have an infinitely softer heart
Than those of the men who planted them
Just to touch the wisdom that will never be
I would trade the sap of any old olive tree
Against my civilized being’s tainted blood
Anonymous culprit of all the bloodshed
Exhausted, exhausted
Exhausted of deceit and tired of the truth
Which I thought so pretty, which I wanted to love
And who’s just so cruel that I burned myself
Exhausted, exhausted
Exhausted of living on Planet Earth
On this fragment of dust, on this shabby pebble
On this false star adrift in the Universe
Cradle of stupidity and kingdom of evil
Where the most evolved of all creatures
Invented hatred, racism and warfare
And the damned power that corrupts the purest
And persuades the wise to spit on his kin
Exhausted, exhausted
Exhausted of talking, exhausted of keeping quiet
When a child is being hurt, when a mother gets raped
When there’s half of the world that murders a third
Exhausted, exhausted
Exhausted of these men who killed the Natives
Slaughtered the whales, and repressed life
Exterminated the wolves, collared the dogs
Who even have managed to blight the rain
The list is way too long to name all that sickens me
From the mundane horror of the slightest news item
There’s not enough space left in my heart
To house any more revolt, disgust, anger
Exhausted, exhausted
Exhausted of hoping, tired of believing
These ideas that get wielded like standards
And for which so many men led to the abattoir
Exhausted, exhausted
I’d like to be a tree, drink the storm waters
To feed the soil, be friends with the birds
And then have my head so high in the clouds
So that no man can ever put up their flag
I’d like to be a tree and sink my roots in
At the heart of this Earth that I love so much
And that these fucking men murder every day
I would like silence at last and also the wind
Exhausted, exhausted
Exhausted of hating and tired of loving
Especially keeping it shut, to never scream again
Exhausted of speeches, sacred words
Exhausted, exhausted
Exhausted of smiling, exhausted of crying
Exhausted of searching for a few scraps of love
In this muddy ocean that swallows the mind
Exhausted, exhausted
Michel Pettigrew✕
Kommentare
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Made it equirhythmic and singable as much as possible while keeping it close to the original text.