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the partisan

from disobey giants by SLIVER

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THE PARTISAN – THE SMILING DWARF
A partisan is not a patriot. A partisan is someone who fights back when he’s being attacked. A partisan defends what’s his, nothing more. I don’t mean to say you have to possess things and then defend them whatever the cost. That’s capitalism, or ambition or materialism. That’s not being a partisan. No, what I mean is simply you have to defend what is yours. Your rights. And above all, your FREEDOM. Don’t ever let anyone take that away from you. Don’t let money corrupt you into becoming something you hate. Don’t let your job transform you into a sleepwalker or a corporate zombie who hates what he has become. Don’t let governments or institutions tell you what is right for you (be it laws, be it death sentence, be it economic measures or manufacturing weapons instead of building schools) when you know in your heart that they are wrong. I am now 30 years old and I’ve seen so many become what they swore they would never become. Or worse, I’ve seen so many simply slip into a conformist way of life that had already killed them inside though they didn’t know they were already dead. Just be free. And stay true.
You have songs to write, people to love, experiences to live and freedom to enjoy while the zombies will be pushing carts at the supermarket, groaning something at every item they put in the damned cart… Just look around you, whether you’re in the street, on the bus or at work or anywhere else, and try to see how many people have a smile on their face. Not mandatory smiles like cashiers in a supermarket, those don’t count. I mean real, genuine smiles. People who are smiling because they are happy to be. To be. To exist. That’s how children apprehend the world. And that’s how we should too. Those people with a smile, that’s the people you want to talk to. That’s the people you want to meet. That’s the people you want to create things with. Now try to find a mirror somewhere. Are you smiling? If no, there’s probably something you have to change in your life. Find out what, just drop whatever you’re doing at that moment and go change it. Right here. Right now.
And if you are smiling, well, you don’t need me. You don’t even need to read this. But know that we are smiling back at you. Wherever you are. Stay true. Thank you.

to resist is to create
to create is to resist
Ben Sliver, June 2012

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WHEN THEY POURED ACROSS THE BORDER
I WAS CAUTIONED TO SURRENDER
THIS I COULD NOT DO
I TOOK MY GUN AND VANISHED

I HAVE CHANGED MY NAME SO OFTEN
I'VE LOST MY WIFE AND CHILDREN
BUT I HAVE MANY FRIENDS
AND SOME OF THEM ARE WITH ME

AN OLD WOMAN GAVE US SHELTER
KEPT US HIDDEN IN THE GARRET
THEN THE SOLDIERS CAME
SHE DIED WITHOUT A WHISPER

THERE WERE THREE OF US THIS MORNING
I'M THE ONLY ONE THIS EVENING
BUT I MUST GO ON
THE FRONTIERS ARE MY PRISON

OH, THE WIND, THE WIND IS BLOWING
THROUGH THE GRAVES THE WIND IS BLOWING
FREEDOM SOON WILL COME
AND WE'LL COME FROM THE SHADOWS.

L’ENNEMI ETAIT CHEZ MOI
ON M’A DIT, RESIGNE-TOI
MAIS JE N'AI PAS PEUR
J'AI REPRIS MON ARME

J'AI CHANGE CENT FOIS DE NOM
J'AI PERDU FEMME ET ENFANTS
MAIS J'AI TANT D'AMIS
J'AI LA FRANCE ENTIERE

UN VIEIL HOMME DANS UN GRENIER
POUR LA NUIT NOUS A CACHE
L’ENNEMI L'A PRIS
IL EST MORT SANS SURPRISE

OH, THE WIND, THE WIND IS BLOWING
THROUGH THE GRAVES THE WIND IS BLOWING
FREEDOM SOON WILL COME
AND WE'LL COME FROM THE SHADOWS

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from disobey giants, released September 28, 2012
Anna Marly / Hy Zaret

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SLIVER Metz, France

SLIVER were a rocking hardcore band from Belgium/France/Luxembourg.
They've played more than 200 shows in 12 countries (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, the United Kingdom).

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