ballads of remembering

poetry for resistance

end of days, end of us
blackbird singing on a young night
end of days, end of us
hymns for the fallen, eye to the light
end of days, end of us
vigil to keep on this sorrowful sight
end of days, end of us

the bard sings sweet and sour
Of war and kings and all 
the bard sings sweet and sour
of the people who came to the call
the bard sings sweet and sour
of the kingdoms who will fall 
the bard sings sweet and sour

we hum in strange tongues
for the ones who stood proud
we hum in strange tongues
our songs loud 
we hum in strange tongues
for the ones in a shroud 
we hum in strange tongues

verses for the lost
it is to remember
verses for the lost
they loot and plunder 
verses for the lost
fierce undying ember 
verses for the lost

a ballad to remember
blood and sweat and tears
a ballad to remember
to keep the fight, to beware 
a ballad to remember
keep alive, all this care
a ballad to remember


sing along the verse
when you bury the dead
sing along the verse
as you are drunk and fed
sing along the verse 
it is to revolution you are wed
sing along the verse

this is honour
to remember
this is honour 
to mourn
this is honour
to atone
this is honour
ballads for remembering 
ballads we sing and shout
these lonesome got nothing 
these fascists soon dead
amongst the sorrow
ballads we sing and shout
theirs greed is lonesome 
theirs lonesome weak 
ballads we sing and shout
of remembering

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please stand up. speak against what’s happening.

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