Bang - 150 dead in one fell swoop
and sadly it were the wrong ones
now you can
wash your hands every day
they’ll never get clean again
though it wasn’t even
a wrong decision
because there are no right ones
in your job
In 2009 far more than 100 people, were killed during an airstrike against two fuel-tankers hijacked by Taliban fighters in Kunduz/Afghanistan. The order to drop bombs on the tankers was given by a german colonel, which lead to a discussion if his order was the right one, legally as well as ethically. But being in his position he already made the bad decisions some years ago - to join an institution with the sole purpose of killing.
Fulfilled the dream
of your own serial house
150 square meters
what more do you want?
At last you can do whatever you wanted
but unfortunately
you forgot what this was
at least it’s not that bad
Cultivating the grass
and supervising the neighbours
is funny too
Especially when they are
as small-minded as you
About people who try to build up a economically independent life to realize their dreams of freedom, but become narrow-minded on the way.
Oh, what a tragedy
as the somalian runner
drowned in the Mediterranean Sea
But now we are
back to business as usual
at the coast
some take a
comfy holiday in the south
and others drown at the attempt
to catch some luck in the north
In 2012 the olympian runner Samia Yusuf Omar died in an attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea. This individual case and the death of hundreds of refugees at Lampedusa gained some media coverage, but usually there’s not much protest against the deadly protection of the borders of the European nations against refugees. The front and back cover of this EP is a reflection of our own position as opponents of this border system and as owners of the “proper” passports.
Competition and rat-race
and if you don’t work
you don’t eat
when you speak of society
it always sounds
like riding, hunting, fishing
Back then maybe
you would have sayed
“Move to the Eastern Bloc then”
but now it’s good enough
to tell the old story
of hunters and gatherers
to justify that
everything has to stay as it is
The evil human nature - “Humans being a wolf to their fellow humans” - making it naturally neccessary for people to fight over resources and to treat each other as predators is a widespread belief. It is also an often used justification on why capitalism is considered to be the best way to organize human societies, when in fact capitalism encourages people to treat each other like that. So these beliefs of the bad, sinful human nature are a perfect way to retain the status quo and to keep people from thinking about better ways to organize societies.
Some decades of repression
but now there are memorial sites
museums and TV-documentaries
So this should be enough
to go back to normal
National pride,
world champion of exports
and global power
with a pure conscience
it’s much easier to fight wars
Learning from Auschwitz
means learning to triumph morally
For some years now german politicians openly speak about their ambitions to make Germany a global (war leading) power again. Often this is justified with the “successful” struggle to come to terms with the past: Openly admitting the german guilt for the Holocaust shows their moral superiority which automatically qualifies them to “solve” problems all over the world.
Poor Parents
or born in the wrong country
Nobody gives a shit - we are all equal here
Let’s go! Get to work
here everyone is his own product
And if you don’t succeed
and if your life is not so good
we’ll point fingers
and laugh at you
Some simply have to struggle more
to be as equal as the others
To most people who lack the economical safety of rich parents or a birth in a first-world-country it is pure cynism to hear about equal opportunities for everyone.
I’m sick and tired of your whining
Oh - You’re not allowed
to say the N-word in your own house
a minority in your own country
you’re oh-so opressed by all the foreigners
forcing their hilarious habits upon you
If someone would really
call you “Fucking Kraut” at last
this would be much too friendly
About people, who belong to the privileged cultural majority of a country and feel so threatenend by a few people who don’t look or act like them, that they hate everything who is somehow different.
The oil platform is painted green
and the nuclear plant
looks much better alike
buying a crate of beer
keeps a tree in the rain-forest from being cut
and buying a chocolate bar
saves the life of a starving child
Back then it was much more complicated
to be a revolutionary
but now you only need
to make the right buying decision
and so your guilty conscience
keeps the economy afloat
Combining capitalist economics with human or ecological conscience is just another way to sell products. There’s no way to eliminate the problems connected with the capitalist mass-production as long as profit is more important than human needs.
“And if you do something against it
they’ll put you in the next jail”
although it would be even better
if you’d simply take part
if you’d simply don’t think about it
if you’d simply don’t question it
if you’d be just a part of our team
where everyone
just works a little bit more
and doesn’t care about
those who aren’t allowed to participate
The old revolutionary band “Ton Steine Scherben” sang about what happens, when you start to resist. But in todays first-world-societies there seems to be no need to force people to participate in capitalism. They can’t imagine any other way and fear to lose their social status and so they continue to work their asses off.
“Don`t say anything against my flag!
It’s just so colorful and innocent
and excludes nobody!”
I could tell you something
about nationalism and borders
and all that shit
but you don’t want to hear it anyway
You just don’t want me to ruin your party
And we all know since World War I
that the real fun
just starts with your own flag
About people waving nation-flags for soccer-games, claiming that this has nothing to do with nationalism.
What a nice oven
burns more bodies than ever before
I don’t care about the reasons
And of course I have never been a Nazi
Just did my job
Hardworking, efficient, conscientious
This is about the engineers of the “Final solution”, who built “efficient” ovens to burn the dead bodies of the gasified victims of the NS-ideology.The frightening part is that these engineers shared their working ethics with the today's ideal of fulfilling your job in modern capitalism.
Man and woman
work and family
everything’s so suitable arranged by nature
so don’t try to change something at it
you’ll evoke storms and floods
or Eva Herman* will tell you a bedtime story
* Eva Herman is a well-known german TV-anchorwoman. She is notorious for writing several books promoting very conservative and backward-looking gender roles and family politics.
About the concept of declaring social conventions as either made by nature or by god, thus making it seem impossible to criticize them. This is particularly popular if it comes to questioning gender roles.
Your car is more important than your own head
your horizon ends at your own backyard
your account is sufficient for the next two generations
but then you hear rumors about your row house being threatened
and suddenly the masks are falling from your faces
deport! reject! lock up!
May the others starve to death
But not in front of your door!
This song is dedicated to all people who recommend more restrictive immigration laws and a “law and order” policy because they fear to loose their wealth.
The hero with the guitar in his hand is back
flame shirt and guitar solo
blond haired women in front of red cars
music for hard men -
the soundtrack for the rebellion after work
music, which doesn't affect anyone -
for everything will stay as it is
Of course punk/hc is not (and never was) the heaven on earth, but it’s very disgusting to see the most conservative types of sexist macho-rock rednecks returning under the label of punk.
A culture based on stupefaction
miserable job and daily booze after work
people with no sense of humor,
who need to loosen up at parties
"come on – have a drink and you'll feel better"
no, thanks - I can puke without it as well
It is really interesting how many people can suffer their boring and monotonous life only by drinking their frustrations away day by day, or doing excessive parties on special days every year. By the way – this is not meant to be a straight-edge song.
Thuringia is the province
were the culture was born
and where it smells of bratwurst everywhere
Thuringia means red & white patches
on fascist's clothes
we only buy products of our own country
because this will change everything for the better
Thuringia is called the green heart of Germany
but I don't want to be a part of it
so I’d rather be the asshole
waiting for the heartattack
About local patriotism which can even be found in punk/hc. Being proud of were you are born seems to be stupid at all, no matter if it’s about the country, the state or the city.