NEW LANDS LYRICS MEANING FREE

Your annotations are excellent, but I am wondering if this thought ever occurred to anyone else. It is a testimonial to the lasting effect of the Dead on the world that their music continues to inspire such animated discussion seven years after Garcia's unfortunate demise.

Your site is absolutely awesome - keep up the good work, brother. Was reading something today and remembered a link I've always thought of - Wharf Rat and 'The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner' - mostly in the narrative device of storytelling. Have been through many times over the years. These notes on a possible overall similarity/influence on the piece from two readers: From: David Callaway Friday, Aug1:33 PM Their motto is'One show at a time.' They put out a newsletter, and may be reached at: P.O. 1836 Franklin Repository (Chambersburg, PA) 4 Oct 1/3 'I've an idea, my man, that you are one of the wharf rats and, if so, the less lip yougive me the better.'Īdditionally, the Wharf Rats are the name of a group of loosely-organized sober Deadheads,patterning themselves roughly on the Alcoholics Anonymous model of a twelve-step program tomaintain sobriety in the often slippery atmosphere of a Grateful Dead concert. a vagrant or petty criminal who haunts wharves. Wharf rat.(b)one who is frequently found on or near wharves, esp. Goode,' 'Loser,' and 'Playing in the Band.' It remained in the repertoire thereafter.įrom the Dictionary of Americanisms: 2. 'Wharf Rat' appeared in the first set, sandiwched between two segments of 'Dark Star.' Other firsts in the show included 'Bertha,' 'Greatest Story Ever Told,' 'Johnny B. 'Wharf Rat'Hunter has posted a page from the mansucript for 'Wharf Rat.'įirst performance: February 18, 1971, at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY. Words by Robert Hunter Music by Jerry GarciaĬopyright Ice Nine Publishing used by permission. Research Associate, Music Dept., University of California Santa Cruz Merely one interpretation out many, of course.The Annotated 'Wharf Rat' 'I'll get up and fly away.fly away.' The Annotated 'Wharf Rat'An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. So in essence, i think Rammstein is commenting on the syrian refuges that are arriving in germany and how the nationalists that are quick to wave their flags as a symbol of exclusivity, are further displacing people that didn’t choose to leave their home, but just want to settle somewhere and not be wanderers just because of racists. It shows how they didn’t have a choice in leaving their country and are just trying to settle somewhere. The last stanza, shows how it is talking about the refugees: Shows how nationalists are always quick to claim a space as theirs in order to deter people from settling in a country. it is basically establishing the pattern that people are migrating and that the central issue of the song, is people migrating. The beginning establishes how there are people constantly migrating from one corner of the world to another.

This is a critique on the attitudes of nationalists towards refugees and immigrants.

NEW LANDS LYRICS MEANING FREE

Wohin gehst du, wohin? Where are you going, where? Ich geh mit mir von Ost nach Süd I’m going from East to South Wohin gehst du, wohin? Where are you going, where? Ich geh mit mir von Süd nach West I’m going from South to West Wohin gehst du, wohin? Where are you going, where? Ich geh mit mir von West nach Nord I’m going from North to West Da kommt er angerannt As he comes running Mit der Fahne in der Hand With the flag in his hand Mein Land, Mein Land My Country, My Country Du bist hier im meinem Land You’re here in my country Mein Land, Mein Land My Country, My Country Du bist hier im meinem Land You’re here in my country Mein Land My country Wohin gehst du, wohin? Where are you going, where? Ich geh mit mir von Nord nach Ost I go with me from North to East Wohin gehst du, wohin? Where are you going, where? Ich geh mit mir von Ost nach West I go with me from East to West Wohin gehst du, wohin? Where are you going, where? Ich geh von Land zu Land allein I go from country to country alone Und nichts und niemand And nothing and nobody lädt mich zum bleiben ein ever invites me to stay Mein Land, Mein Land My Country, My Country Du bist hier in meinem Land You’re here in my country Mein Land, Mein Land My Country, My Country Du bist hier im meinem Land You’re here in my country Meine Welle und mein Strand My waves and my beach Jaaaaaaaaaah Jaaaaaaaaaah Eine Stimme aus dem Licht A voice from out of the light Fällt dem Himmel vom Gesicht falls down from heavens face Reisst den Horizont entzwei Tears the horizon in two Wohin gehst du, hier ist nichts mehr frei Wherever you go, there’s nothing left free Das ist mein Land This is my land Das ist mein Land This is my land Das ist mein Land This is my land Mein Land, Mein Land My Country, My Country Du bist hier in meinem Land You’re here in my country

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