Rise Against – Prayer Of The Refugee

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  General Comment:This is kind of like the proletariat singing to their bourgeois oppressors. I love it!

  Flag misterchristeron November 28, 2012   Link

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    The socialist revolution will free the working class from their oppressors, the working class of all countries!

    Flag Socialistaon December 08, 2012  
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  General Comment:it's not about israel or any one group its about humanity in general and how the systems we live by are actually tearing our lives and relationships apart and about old and more simple times when the world wasn't solely concerned about taking everything and everyone for granted in order to get ahead as individuals but how we need to wake up to those people in power who perpetuate these terrible systems under the guise of freedom and democracy and prosperity.

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  Song Meaning:This song is in direct relation to the WalMart incident. It was discovered that WalMart was buying items from foreign countries and stamping Made In American on them. These items were made using child labor. Naturally people were pissed and so Rise Against wrote this song. The video clearly depicts a WalMart-esque store and it also clearly depicts child labor.

  Flag Xilonianon September 20, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:The video clearly shows how marketing leads to child labour in many poor countries

  Flag grungeboyon June 19, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:Whenever I hear this song I suddenly think of the Fallout universe.

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  General Comment:I think this song is very anti-globalization
  
  I don't think it has anything to do with Jews or Israel, rather than the fall of the white middle-class America and the rise of globalization and multiculturalism.
  
  "Before we packed our bags
  And left all this behind us in the dust,
  We had a place that we could call home,
  And a life no one could touch."
  
  We opened up our borders and got rid of our manufacturing base. We left what we had behind the dust.
  
  "We are the angry and the desperate,
  The hungry, and the cold,
  We are the ones who kept quiet,
  And always did what we were told."
  
  Many people are victims of fair / free trade and multiculturalism. They are the ones who kept quiet and went along with what was happening. They are the ones that are poor now.
  
  Poor white Americans are now the refugees, they are the new Jews with no place to call their home.
  
  

  Flagged Pattyb12on April 03, 2011   Link

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    I don't normally call people out for stupid comments, but you are fucking retarded. This song is not about white people, it's not about poor Americans, and it defiantly has nothing to do with the people in America. This song is about how WE the American culture and all our WANTS have driven other countries like China, Taiwan, Mexico, and any African nations to be forced into a form of slavery. " Poor white Americans" ya poor white Americans because they cant get their Adidas or iPods. You need to readjust your scope on society and realize that there are more people being destroyed other then "White People".

    Flag deadxcellon September 02, 2012  
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  General Comment:I think this song is as it says about refugees of war. They’ve been kicked out of their homes, and as they escape, "Broken windows and ashes
  Are guiding the way.”
  
  And as I said before, they were kicked out of their homes, and they miss having a stable life
  Before we packed our bags
  And left all this behind us in the dust,
  We had a place that we could call home,
  And a life no one could touch.
  
  Yea, this song is really sad and its really hard to imagine being kicked out of your home in those circumstances and having to get used to a new place where you don’t know anyone, or maybe don’t even know the language. You’d probably have no work there and no money.
  
  We are the angry and the desperate,
  The hungry, and the cold,
  We are the ones who kept quiet,
  And always did what we were told.
  
  Another great song by Rise Against
  

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  Warm yourself by the fire, son,
  And the morning will come soon.
  I'll tell you stories of a better time,
  In a place that we once knew.
  
  Before we packed our bags
  And left all this behind us in the dust,
  We had a place that we could call home,
  And a life no one could touch.
  
  Don't hold me up now,
  I can stand my own ground,
  I don't need your help now,
  You won't let me down, down, down!
  
  Don't hold me up now,
  I can stand my own ground,
  I don't need your help now,
  You won't let me down, down, down!
  
  Down!
  
  We are the angry and the desperate,
  The hungry, and the cold,
  We are the ones who kept quiet,
  And always did what we were told.
  
  But we've been sweating while you slept so calm
  In the safety of your home.
  We've been pulling out the nails that hold up
  Everything you've known.
  
  Don't hold me up now,
  I can stand my own ground,
  I don't need your help now,
  You won't let me down, down, down!
  
  Don't hold me up now,
  I can stand my own ground,
  I don't need your help now,
  You won't let me down, down, down!
  
  So open your eyes child,
  Let's be on our way.
  Broken windows and ashes
  Are guiding the way.
  
  Keep quiet no longer,
  We'll sing through the day,
  Of the lives that we've lost,
  And the lives we've reclaimed.
  
  Don't hold me up now,
  I can stand my own ground,
  I don't need your help now,
  You won't let me down, down, down!
  
  Don't hold me up now,
  I can stand my own ground,
  I don't need your help now,
  You won't let me down, down, down!
  
  Don't hold me up
  (I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
  Don't hold me up
  (I don't need your help)
  No! No! No!
  Don't hold me up!
  (I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
  Don't hold me up!
  (I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)
  Don't let me down, down, down, down, down!

  Flag Ligaron October 10, 2010   Link

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  My Opinion:This is my favorite song by rise against, this is the song that made me realized this is my favorite...this and DRONES maby INJECTION also but not nearly as much.
  oooo oooo
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  ooooooooooo lol face

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  General Comment:this reminds me of when i got my first proper tattoo
  one of the best albums ive ever heard
  love this band
  good memories :)

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