About this song
Protest Song '68 is a track by Refused, taken from the album “The Shape Of Punk To Come”, released October 27, 1998 on Burning Heart Records/Epitaph. It runs 4:34. Use the Deezer link above to stream the full song.
Lyrics
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To sing you must first open your mouth.
You must have a pair of lungs and a little knowledge of music.
It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar.
The essential thing is that I want to sing.
Then this is a song, I'm singing."
[-H. Miller]
I breathe in & I, I create
Revoke the spirit '68
Fresh meaning to torn ideas
Let's bring life to old clichés
Punch a hole in tradition, yeah!
Let's listen to the songs of discontent
To the chords & the movement
To the chords & the movement
It could all be so simple
We would all stand baffled by the precision & accuracy
Our jaws would hurt from dropping so hard, fast & unexpectedly
It would be the perfect metaphor
Be the perfect song we'd be singing
I breathe out & I scream
Revoke Malatesta's dream
Inspiration from the past
Focus to the future at last
Fixed dogmas can't substitute
Creative thought & action
It could be dangerous
Art as a real threat
All it is it words
Words said a million time before
All it is is a song
A song sung a million times before
I breathe in, I create
Revoke the spirit '68
I breathe out, I scream
Revoke Malatestas dream
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More from The Shape Of Punk To Come
- 01 Worms Of The Senses / Faculties Of The Skull 7:07
- 02 Liberation Frequency 4:10
- 03 The Deadly Rhythm 3:36
- 04 Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine 4:03
- 05 Bruitist Pome #5 1:27
- 06 New Noise 5:10
- 07 The Refused Party Program 2:40
- 08 Refused Are Fucking Dead 5:10
- 09 The Shape of Punk to Come 5:08
- 10 Tannhäuser / Derivè 8:09
- 11 The Apollo Programme Was a Hoax 4:13