Get shot
Grazie! ❤ | ||
thanked 3 times |
Thanks Details:
Utente | Tempo fa |
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minorthreat | 12 mesi 1 ora |
maluca | 2 anni 6 mesi |
Ospite | 2 anni 9 mesi |
This song is to be understood as a protest song. The lyrics are referencing the Berlin Wall separating East and West Germany from 1961 to 1989.
Attempting to cross the border without permission was treated as a crime punishable by death. As such, East German border guards were ordered to use deadly force against people who breached the Wall, mostly East German refugees.
Of the 140 people who died at the Wall, 99 were shot. These numbers include escapees from either side as well as bystanders and East German border guards killed on duty.
Translation note: I changed some words to keep the casual tone of the German original and for clarity's sake (e.g., to prevent the ambiguity of shots from a gun and shots for drinking in English that doesn't exist in German).
1. | Blaue Augen |
2. | Berlin |
3. | Erschießen |
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