Testo The Death Of Klinghoffer - Act II, Scene 2: Mamoud: "Every fifteen minutes, one more will be shot" - Kent Nagano, The London Opera Chorus & The Opera de Lyon
Testo della canzone The Death Of Klinghoffer - Act II, Scene 2: Mamoud: "Every fifteen minutes, one more will be shot" (Kent Nagano, The London Opera Chorus & The Opera de Lyon), tratta dall'album John Adams:The Death Of Klinghoffer
American kaput. Take his passport
Every fifteen minutes one more will be shot
You cannot doubt we mean what we say
You must tell Syria this death is on her head
This man's blood has been shed
To bear witness to her treacheries
And to the betrayal of the Palestinian people
By those with powerful interests in Israel
Throughout the so-called Arab world
We have not failed, and the shame is not ours
I said, now you have made it clear to the authorities on shore
That your demands are serious
They know, but they have closed their eyes
Very well, now you must go on
Another death, another sign that the world will refuse to see
You speak of failure
I would say you did not fail until you killed
Yesterday the entire world acknowledged
The significance attaching to
Let me not mince words
Your disruption of this truce
You awakened their consciences which sleep secure now
They have seen nothing that they might not have known
Like drunkards in a cemetery
They know the score
It's time for you to shoot another passenger
A guest in my house as it were
I speak now as a man to men
You should kill me
That act alone would echo to your lasting fame
It would permit me to redeem my honor
I am captain
I stand for the ship, the company, the crew
Now let me represent the passengers as well
How many partners have I got here?
I want those wretched people to be saved
I don't care
There's plenty more
Help me
Look, up in the air
Look, look, look
Will any of you stand up, and say you'd like a few?
What will they buy that anyone wants?
What will they buy that anyone wants?
They come from the pants of an old man
They're not very clean
And as I finished, this will seem incredible
But on my arm a bird was resting
I could feel its tiny claws right through the bone
Say we have killed again
This time, a woman
Not the wife of the man
Another one
And we will shoot more
What is their answer?
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