KEYNEMSLAND
All I know how to do nowIs survive the horror
No longer an artist, in my hand I hold
Only a pistol now.
Once my life was music
My profession: guitarist
Now all I hear day in, day out
The shots of artillery.
My life is deathI just die from now on
Soulless, a golem
A visitor from beyond the grave.
Vague memories rattle around in my head
Of melodies without number
And bing, bang, bang, rat tat tat
Corpses fall before me.
The guitarist is now a shooter
Who only makes music on his gun
Every day a symphony
Sung from the muzzle of his gun,
Of his gun
The mode of my tuneIs the instinct to survive
From the trench, my aria sings “I’m still here.”
The remnants of a guitarist
Who drifts through no man’s land
The audience, his enemies
Raises its hands high [in surrender].
The guitarist is now a shooter
Who only makes music on his gun
Every day a symphony
Sung from the muzzle of his gun,
Of his gun
Revolution, from my hand
And the hands of others, too
has made a gravedigger’s shovel
Destroyed artistic effort.
My dreams were nullified
By blood spilt in war
The dead who live
No miracle happened there.
The guitarist is now a shooter
Who only makes music on his gun
Every day a symphony
Sung from the muzzle of his gun, Of his gun
credits
from ORIGINALI,
released March 15, 2024
Composed by: Sam Minevich, with Yiddish Translation by: Michael Wex. Arranged by: Orkestar Kriminal. (c) SOCAN, 2024. Recording Engineer: Mark Lawson, at Studio Madame Wood, in Montréal.Mixing Engineer: Mark Lawson, at Mt. Ineffable, in Montréal. Mastering Engineer: Ryan Morey at Ryan Morey Mastering in Wakefield, QC. Produced by: Mark Lawson and Orkestar Kriminal.
CPL072 / LC23533
C+P 2024 CPL-Music www.cpl-musicgroup.de info@cpl-music.de
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a été rendu possible en partie grâce au gouvernement du Canada.
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