“There goes my hero, watch him as he goes
There goes my hero, he’s ordinary”…
Taylor Hawkins “the Animal” of the drum world ע”ה!
26 years, Foo Fighters, it was a good run!
Don’t be an anti-Indigenous racist! The Kurds (MENA), Jews (MENA), Druze (MENA), San (Africa), Sámi (Europe), Coahuiltecans (“America”), Wampanoag (“America”), Pueblo (“America”), Lakota (“America”), Cree (Canada), Māori (Pacific), Lāhui (Pacific), etc (etc, etc) thank you! Be like the Foo Fighters, Arabs and Europeans, Mexicanos and Yehudicanos, let go of that Colonizer mentality!
“Learning to walk again
I believe I’ve waited long enough
Where do I begin?
Learning to talk again
Can’t you see I’ve waited long enough?
Where do I begin?
Do you remember the days?
We built these paper mountains
Then sat and watched them burn
I think I found my place
Can’t you feel it growing stronger
Little conquerors
Learning to walk again
I believe I’ve waited long enough
Where do I begin?
Learning to talk again
I believe I’ve waited long enough
Where do I begin?
Now,
For the very first time
Don’t you pay no mind
Set me free, again
To keep alive, a moment at a time
That’s still inside, a whisper to a riot
The sacrifice, the knowing to survive
The first decline, another state of mind
I’m on my knees, I’m praying for a sign
Forever, whenever, I never wanna die
I never wanna die
I never wanna die
I’m on my knees, I never wanna die
I’m dancing on my grave
I’m running through the fire
Forever, whenever
I never wanna die
I never wanna leave
I’ll never say goodbye
Forever, whenever
Forever, whenever”
But, life decides our human species fate. So, be thankful for every breath, and every breath that we breathe together. No matter how much we piss each other off in this experience of life! Just remember, Arab and European Colonizers and your faithful Colonized, we Indigenous Peoples are right – historically and morally – and you are wrong, unless you *decolonize* yourselves!
“I’m the voice inside your head you refuse to hear
I’m the face that you have to face mirrorin’ your stare
I’m what’s left; I’m what’s right; I’m the enemy[!]
I’m the hand that’ll take you down and bring you to your knees [with my posts!]….
Keep you in the dark
You know they [Colonizers] all pretend
Keep you in the dark
And so it all began [with Christianity, then Islam!]
Send in your skeletons
Sing as their bones go marching in again
They need you buried deep [in she’ol]
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
Are you ready?[!?]
I’m finished making sense
Done pleading ignorance
That old defense
Spinning infinity, boy
The wheel is spinning me
It’s never-ending, never-ending
Same old story
What if I say I’m not like the others?
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays?
You’re the pretender[!]
What if I say I will never surrender?[!]
What if I say I’m not like the others?[!]
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays?
You’re the pretender
What if I say that I never surrender?
In time, or so I’m told,
I’m just another soul for sale, oh well
The page is out of print
We are not permanent
We’re temporary, temporary
Same old story
What if I say I’m not like the others?
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays?
You’re the pretender[!]
What if I say I will never surrender?[!]
What if I say I’m not like the others?
What if I say I’m not just another one of your plays?
You’re the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?”
Seriously, folks! The words of *every* last surviving Indigenous People, full stop! Full fcking stop – from Kurds to Jews to Sámi to Wampanoag to Pueblo to Lakota to Cree to Māori to Lāhui, etc (etc, etc, etc)!
Foo Fighters – The Pretender – (I pray that you’re not one of them! The pretenders!)
How do we fcking reach people, *beyond* “music”?!!! I so fcking want to scream!!!!
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