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Olimpiada Popular

by Morel?

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SECOND REPUBLIC From this day forward we shall be building Future for many and not just few In this brave New World we will be bringing Justice and Fairness long overdue People have spoken The World have heard our voices loud and clear And in the years come they'll sing songs about us If you want to make change for better Do it for many and not just few People have spoken Republic is our chosen destiny as from the East the Red Sun is rising If you want to see your people happy Do it for many and not just few And if you have to sacrifice for something Do it for many and not just few
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1936 03:16
1936 This game they play Culture of Blame that always makes you wait for someone else to sort your problems out Well, you deserve to be observed to be controlled and forever live without any thoughts to call your own Grown man turned into a pawn Media creates your point of view Time is passing and so are you Now that you know You're slave You're pawn Will you break those chains or will you stay inside? For what is worth Your loneliness is one of things you cannot hide System that you thought would help just protects you from yourself You crave ideas to adore You need cause worth dying for It makes you feel alive again I'm stubborn kind I won't give up 1936 is running through my blood No pasaran! They shall not pass! Purple, yellow, red is flying on our mast In the West they speak of war coming through your bedroom door You have no time for this empty talk You found cause worth dying for It makes you feel alive again
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Sin Novedad 02:21
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ANGEL OF ALCAZAR I was born on June the 5th, was apprentice at locksmith and I was happy with my life, with Maria by my side She was going to be my wife, or so I thought. In spring of 1936, as stench of dirty politcs like a plague was spreading all around I didn't care Was in love Had my head in clouds My father said that war soon will be knocking at our door and we better know which side we are on Then one night the Communists attacked our village, burned the church and killed the priest and twenty four more died that night, so I had to do what's right by country and by God Almighty At first I couldn't comprehend , if you don't kill, you'll end up dead So I've learned to trust my gun and Francisco and Juan They saved my life that faithful day when I lost my mind to news that Maria's gone away (to the other side) In all this blood my youth's been spilt No time for feelings of love, or guilt Only weight of truth I know This cause I'm killing for is not worth living for It makes me sick, makes me upset to hear them shout: Long Live The Death! They'll never make kill for that For remorse is much too late yet I kill without a hate And if there is a God above us He will know I speak the truth and he will also know that deep within my soul I'm still praying for them all And every single night I get haunted by their faces Every single day I wish I wasn't born I kill without a hate
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IT'S NOT RIGHT How to mend a broken man who has fallen into pieces one too many times? How to expect him to believe in Justice when so many never paid for their crimes? You thought you had it in your self to forget and forgive and accept it once for all But years went by, yet time stood still and every day this horrid feeling cuts straight through your soul and tells you it's not right! Don't talk to me about the past if you're hiding all the answers for the sake of pride It's deadly sin and I don't mean o abuse your guilty conscience non existent higher ground I can spend rest of my Time knowing that what made us mortal also turned us into a stone For years went by, yet time stood still and every day this dreaded feeling cuts straight through my soul and tells me it's not right! What happened to us just isn't right.
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DELUGE FOLLOWS DROUGHT You wake up knowing that your life would never be same again Yet outside they don't share your worry You can hear them celebrate Flashback! Images of days gone by and man queing up for war Cheering on their own demise Yes, it's happened many times before So, what can you do, but sit and stare in despair What can you do? PTSD, life's not fair So you haze through the rest of that day thinking surely there's been some mistake Then you panic for next few weeks contemplating escape Now you know how Noah felt when he went to build an ark No one believed a word he said They all thought he'd lost his mind and they all laughed Noah, man, you're barking mad They laughed until their throats were dry with sand Them fools didn't know that Deluge Always Follows Drought Come on mate, be my mate our friendship will reinstate All these things we got in common pretty much to go on Calm down dear child it's business time as usual Every day is day in past life just cannot bare it now We all do what we do it all comes so natural With nightfall you get scared that's how they manipulate Fear, fear, fear, fear is real in opposition hope appeal Who knows who will make a stand drought will understand It's time for deluge It's time for deluge It's time PTSD life's not fair We all do what do we do Do do do what do you do
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NEVER SEEN SO MANY We live in times of greatest expectations yet everyone is standing on the brink and no one dares to ask any questions They said Titanic would never sink We live in times of religious fractions Lunatics who kill as they see fit They say I'm only looking for reaction They say I'm only patronizing git Yet I've never seen so many cry for money Spent their way to happiness Got there, found there's nothing left Aha We've been sold illusion of fulfillment that always keeps us begging for more They say I'll never find my way to Heaven Well, they don't know that I've been there before Not even fear of God compares to love of money All convictions thrown away once fortune comes their way Aha And I've never seen so many kill for money Weird reflection in their eyes Euro, Pound, or Dollar sign Aha
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WAR IS A HABIT War, War is a habit Rich decides who's gonna have it They got this word, word is tactics First make them hungry, they'll start fighting Balance it out, control all sides Find a nutter, load him with guns Turn the blind eye and get the job done How many zeroes after one Two, three, four, five or more Does it really matter Build a structure to cover our sins Church, mosque, bordello in a Holiday Inn Charity shop, amusement park UN observers for accurate count Constantly rising number Who knows how many There was this girl they called her Mary She had Gods child who tried to end this Becoming most known victim of this deadly habit

about

Essentially this is a concept album chronologizing the outbreak of Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and murky consequences of its outcome.

This project is in many ways also dedicated to all those honest, human, progressive and inclusive ideas which have been repeatedly destroyed in many conflicts before and since, by different political persuasions, right and left alike.

Here you can find what 'Olimpiada Popular' means in historical terms:

1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, Germany, which by that point was firmly in grip of Adolf Hitler. The Völkischer Beobachter (Nazis official newspaper) made it clear that Jews should not be allowed to take part in the Games. Anticipating boycott of the Games by majority of nations, Hitler reluctantly allowed athletes of different ethnicity from other countries to participate. However, German Jewish athletes were barred or prevented from taking part and Jewish athletes from other parts of the world have been side-lined in order not to offend the Nazi government. At the end 49 nations turned up for such preposterous and above all shameful event. As for description of the opening ceremony, read the following quote: "Some nations' athletes purposefully gave the Nazi salute as they passed Hitler. Others gave the Olympic salute (a similar one, given with the same arm), or a different gesture entirely, such as hats-over-hearts, as the United States and China did."

PEOPLE'S OLYMPIAD

Olimpiada Popular was anticipated, but never held, international multi-sporting event that was meant to take place in Barcelona, the capital of the autonomous region of Catalonia within the Spanish Republic. It was conceived as a protest event against 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. A total of 6000 athletes from 22 nations registered for the games. The largest contingents of athletes came from the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and French Algeria. There were also teams from Germany and Italy made up of political exiles from those countries. Teams representing Jewish exiles, Alsace, Galicia, Catalonia and the Basque Country also registered.

With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just days before opening ceremony, the games were cancelled. Some athletes never made it to Barcelona as the borders had been closed, while many who were already in the city, made a hasty exit. However, at least 200 of the athletes remained in Spain and joined workers' militias that were organized to defend the Second Spanish Republic against the nationalists.

2016 marks 80th anniversary of those events, and we thought perhaps these could be adequate times to commemorate those brave and rightful individuals and groups who tried to really change the world for better.

credits

released December 12, 2016

Written, performed, recorded and mixed by Morel?

Mastered by Pete Maher
petemaher.com

Cover idea and design by Jeff Conway
pushingnormal.com



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