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Far from home on a road unknown
Where the vultures circle on winds that blow
From northern skies that haunt these waking moments
Our shadows cast by the mountain range
Our calloused souls, we find a way
Through desperate eyes, we long for the horizon
While this sun is rising, yeah
We are the long forgotten sons
And daughters that don't belong to anyone
And we are alone under this sun
And we work to fix the work that you've undone
When cries for help go unanswered
And signal fires just burn and burn
We wonder if we're waiting here for nothing
'Cause our lips are sewn our ears are filled
With the constant drone of the unfulfilled
But we'll never fall if we stand for something
We stand for something, yeah
Yeah, we are the long forgotten sons
And daughters that don't belong to anyone
And we are alone under this sun
And we work to fix the work that you've undone
Don't fall, I see lights in the distance
They're not far away
Stand up cause the sky is turning gray
There's hope in these footsteps of persistence
So don't go astray
These lights get closer every day
'Cause we are the long forgotten sons
Yeah we are the long forgotten sons
We are the long forgotten sons
And daughters that don't belong to anyone
And we are alone under this sun
We work to fix the work that you've undone
What you've undone
Where the vultures circle on winds that blow
From northern skies that haunt these waking moments
Our shadows cast by the mountain range
Our calloused souls, we find a way
Through desperate eyes, we long for the horizon
While this sun is rising, yeah
We are the long forgotten sons
And daughters that don't belong to anyone
And we are alone under this sun
And we work to fix the work that you've undone
When cries for help go unanswered
And signal fires just burn and burn
We wonder if we're waiting here for nothing
'Cause our lips are sewn our ears are filled
With the constant drone of the unfulfilled
But we'll never fall if we stand for something
We stand for something, yeah
Yeah, we are the long forgotten sons
And daughters that don't belong to anyone
And we are alone under this sun
And we work to fix the work that you've undone
Don't fall, I see lights in the distance
They're not far away
Stand up cause the sky is turning gray
There's hope in these footsteps of persistence
So don't go astray
These lights get closer every day
'Cause we are the long forgotten sons
Yeah we are the long forgotten sons
We are the long forgotten sons
And daughters that don't belong to anyone
And we are alone under this sun
We work to fix the work that you've undone
What you've undone
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I swear I cannot be the only one. The resemblance is uncanny.
If not, it could be about the children of the most politically corrupt generation of all time. Like because of all our parents greed or party politics, they elected a bunch of morons that robbed us every given opportunity. Hard to fit this with the first verse though.
The line: "We work to fix the work that you've undone" is also something Winston would say, as his job is to correct the mistakes that the Government has made. He erases the past and changes it to fit what the Party tells him to.
"Our lips are sewn our ears are filled
With the constant drone of the unfulfilled"
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If anyone speaks out (or even thinks out, for that matter) against the Party, they will be eliminated. That's why their lips are sewn. Plus, "our ears are filled" refers to the massive amounts of propaganda that the Party forces upon the people (Hate Week, Junior Anti-Sex League, etc.)
"But we'll never fall if we stand for something
We stand for something"
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Winston always felt that even if he was killed, the Party couldn't win because he would never truly betray Julia. That's what he stands for: his love for Julia.
"We are the long forgotten sons
And daughters that don't belong to anyone"
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This could literally mean forgotten son in the sense that Winston hasn't known his mother in years, or it could be a metaphor for the fact that the Party is no longer concerned with the well-being of the individuals (sons and daughters), who now feel that they don't belong to anyone, because no one cares for them.
"There's hope in these footsteps of persistence"
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Winston repeatedly says that the only hope for humanity is in the mass of the population, the Proles, who the government doesn't really regulate at all. He believes that the Proles have the power to overcome the Party, if they could only ever find a reason to.
(First verse) Describes the landscape a bit an suggests the 'sun is rising' or a new hope is coming.
(chorus) Long forgotten sons could mean the countless number of men killed when recruited to fight for or against the Taliban. There names are not recorded in history books or glorified in any way, they just die like the rest. Afghan record keeping (e.g. birth and death certs) are pretty uncommon too I hear which means there is no proof a lot of the people dying actually exist.
Women don't fight (or have much freedom there really) and so grow up without fathers, sons and brothers who die for causes. Fixing the work that you've undone could mean cleaning up the mess the US left after funding the Taliban for weapons during soviet occupation there in the 80's.
(Second verse) Seems about calls for help falling on deaf ears. There lips are sewn (can't speak up for themselves) and there ears are filled (constantly drilled with propaganda) but if they keep believing in what they value and they know is true then they can never be beaten.
(Third verse) Hope on it's way I suppose in the form or western alliances
(Fourth verse) Ditto
Far from home on a road unknown
Where the vultures circle on winds that blow
From northern skies that haunt these waking moments
(sent over seas in unknown terrain where people are just waiting to hurt you at all hours)
On shadows cast by the mountain range
On calloused soles we find our way
Through desperate eyes, we long for the horizon
While this sun is rising
(through night and pain they travel farther into the war wishing that when the sun rises they will be home)
We are the long forgotten sons
And daughters that don� belong to anyone
We are alone under this sun
We work to fix the work that you�ve undone
(all of your children feel alone in this new area while trying to fight and fix the problems our elders made for us)
When cries for help go unanswered
And signal fires just burn and burn
We wonder if we�re waiting here for nothing
(after we ask for help many times and try and show you exactly where we are you still choose not to see or come help us)
Our lips are sewn our ears are filled
With the constant drone of the unfulfilled
But we�ll never fall if we stand for something
We stand for something
(threw the military we were tought to not speak out of line and only to listen to waht we are told but if we break the chain and stand up to what we are told we will live)
We are the long forgotten sons
And daughters that don� belong to anyone
We are alone under this sun
We work to fix the work that you�ve undone
(same as last chorus)
Don�t fall, I see lights in the distance
They�re not far away
Stand up because the sky is turning gray
(our end is finaly comeing soon so stand up dont give up we have to be fast to make it)
There�s hope in these footsteps of persistence
So don�t go astray
These lights get closer everyday
(as long as we stay together and dont give up our cause of right we will find our home and light)
We are the long forgotten sons
And daughters that don� belong to anyone
We are alone under this sun
We work to fix the work that you�ve undone
What you�ve undone
(same chorus)
(what happens now, we don�t know, just hold on tight now here we go�)
((the future is unknown but. but hold your hats cause its coming)
those camps exist in northern europe, like norway. i dont know about alaska but there those camps might as well exist.
but these lyrics might have a more subliminal meaning as well.
I'm not sure what you're on about. I think you're far off the mark!
Boot camps are a US concept and used for correctional purposes. It is pretty random that they would refer to that.
Where did you get your info on Norway? Alaska probably as it is part of the US and not in "northern europe"...
I think the current financial climate explanation is more accurate!
Cheers
Rick