David Sylvian, WORLD CITIZEN

World Citizen

There goes one baby's life
It's such a small amount
She's un American
I guess it doesn't count

Six thousand children's lives
Were simply thrown away
Lost without medicine
Inside of thirty days

In the New York harbour
Where the stock's withheld
It was the price we paid
For a safer world

World is suffering
World is suffering
World is suffering
World citizen

In Madhya Pradesh
Where they're building dams
They're displacing native people
From their homes and lands

So they hunger strike
Cos they believe they count
To lose a single life
Is such a small amount

In the name of progress
And democracy
The concepts represented in name only

His world is suffering
Her world is suffering
Their world is suffering
World citizen

World citizen

And the buildings fall
In a cloud of dust
And we ask ourselves
How could they hate us?
Well, when we live in ignorance and luxury
While our super powers practice
Puppet mastery

We raise the men
Who run the fascist states
And we sell them arms
So they maintain their place

We turn our backs
On the things they done
Their human rights record
And the guns they run

His world is suffering
Her world is suffering
Their world is suffering
World citizen

My world is suffering
Your world is suffering
Our world is suffering
World citizen

Who'll do away with flags?
Who'll do us proud?
Remove the money from their pockets
Scream dissent out loud?

Cos god ain't on our side
The shoe won't fit
And though they think the war is won
That's not the last of it

Disenfranchised people
Need their voices heard
And if no one stops to listen
Lose their faith in words

And violence rises
When all hope is lost
Who'll embrace the human spirit
And absorb the cost?

Not one life is taken
In my name
In my name

His world is suffering
Her world is suffering
Their world is suffering
World citizen

My world is suffering
Your world is suffering
Our world is suffering
World citizen

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David Sylvian, FOR THE LOVE OF LIFE

And slowly, you come to realize
It's all as it should be
You can only do so much

If you're game enough
You could place your trust in me

For the love of life
There's a trade off
We could lose it all
But we'll go down fighting

And what of the children?
Surely they can't be blamed for our mistakes?

And slowly I've come to realize
It's all as it should be

That hiding space
A lonely place

How can the right thing be so wrong?
I've found mistakes
Where they don't belong

For the love of life
We'll defeat this
They may tear us down
But we'll go down fighting

Won't we?

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Troye Sivan, FOR THEM

This is the official music video of FOR THEM, the first song that was written especially for Australian singer and actor (Young Logan in X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE) Troye Sivan. Hope you enjoy!

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And now, read Troye's own words on this song ...

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Hi Guys, the purpose of making this project is to raise awareness that there are over 100 MILLION homeless children living on the streets around the world. So please, if you want to help these kids, who can't help themselves anymore, then share this video with your friends and family.

Troye Sivan

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Do YOU want to help?

Visit www.unicef.org

and make a donation!
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www.troyesivan.com

www.myspace.com/troyesivan

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For Us

Deutsche Version dieses Blogs hier.

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I got in close touch with a topic these days that moves me very much and weighs me down - bullying. Nothing really new, I know. But it's always different if this kind of abuse affects someone you know and like.

This has happened to me just the other day, and I felt a deep need to do something, to raise attention and awareness, and to offer a boost of courage and self-esteem.

Bullying concerns us all. Either as being a victim - all too often without any one knowing, even the closest of friends or family. Or as being someone who becomes aware of abuse, of brutality, of violence and grief that a child has to suffer.

FOR KEL, the first video I made, is as a present for someone special, but also as an attempt of a beacon for every child that is in a situation where it has to fear every day for his physical health - and mental sanity.

FOR US, the video you are watching now, is first and foremost for grown-ups.

Everyone of us has been a child once, everyone has maybe been maltreated once in a while. And some of us experienced the same form of physical and mental abuse that many, so many of our children have to suffer from today. This is nothing to be ashamed of. But it should make us wary, and ready to help.

Bullying is no joke.

Bullying is no peccadillo.

Bullying is a serious form of abuse,

and the victims need our help:

The help of teachers, of educators,

of friends and family.

And even if you become witness to a child being bullied that is not your own, and none whatsoever related to you ... This child needs your help anyway. With all you can do, how little it may be.

I'm making these videos for just that exact reason. I'm far away from where the things I refer to are happening, and yet I do what little I can with that.

If you are close to someone in need - then don't close your eyes.

Reach out a hand.

Offer a friendly word.

Dry some tears.

You are needed.

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Thanks for helping me producing this video:

Harry (BANGITSHarry)

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Song info credited in the end of the video.

The Song is taken from the album

"Snow Borne Sorrow"
by Nine Horses

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For Kel

Stay strong. You will make it. I have faith in you.


Think about the following - what is a bully?

bully = someone who tyrannizes, mistreats
and beats up others
that are weaker than he himself.

Pathetic.


But there's another meaning to the word ...

bully = corned beef

So, "bully" stands for a kind of
sad excuse for regular beef meat.


And it also stands for ... a sad excuse for a human being.


Don't stay alone.
Seek help.

Stand your ground.

And breathe freely again.

A bully is Corned Beef on legs.


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One more thing: Todd is NOT right!

When I was a boy

And things moved too slow
And universes revolved around
Things I didn't know

When I was a boy
And I made mistakes
I was humiliated
Til I knew my place

And I fear that it isn't enough

Ignorance hurts
Injustice inflames
I remember the feelings
But forgotten their names

When I was a boy
I saw through their lies
I swore I wouldn't become
The thing I despised

And I fear that it isn't enough

Nine Horses, A HISTORY OF HOLES

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Francis Bernier, PRINCE D'AZUR

Buy Francis Bernier's album
"Prince d'Azur"
here!
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Duet by Francis Bernier and Serge Lama

Words by Serge Lama

Music by Michael Sylvain

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Album:
Francis Bernier
PRINCE D'AZUR
(2007)

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Francis Bernier, TANT QUE L'ON S'AIME

Watch a new video for

Francis Bernier's song "Prince d*Azur"

(made by me, incl. lyrics in French and English)

here!

Buy Francis Bernier's album
"Prince d'Azur"here!

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 Francis Bernier
TANT QUE L'ON S'AIME

Si je pouvais parler au monde
Je lui parlerais de ses rivières
Qui coulent au fil des saisons
Et rejoignent mes prières

Si je pouvais parler aux hommes
Je leur parlerais du bonheur
Sans artifice, tout simplement
Qu'il prend sa source dans nos cœurs

Je leur parlerais des étés
Et d'un grand fleuve de liberté

Tout simplemant
Je leur dirais
Tout ce que j'espère
Tout simplement
Je leur dirais
Tout ce que j'aime

Tout simplement
Je leur ranconterais
Que le printemps viendra toujours
Tant que l'on s'aime

Si je pouvais changer les choses
Je prendrais toujours mon temps
À l'humanité j'offrirais une rose
Et à la nature un pansement

Si je pouvais parler aux hommes
Je leur apprendrais que la joie
Sans artifice, tout simplement
Fleurit au plus profond de soi

Je leur parlerais des hivers
Des grands espaces et de la lumière

Tout simplement
Je leur dirais
tout ce que j'espère
Tout simplement
Je leur dirais
Tout ce que j'aime

Tout simplement
Je leur ranconterais
Que le printemps viendra toujours
Tant que l'on s'aime

Si je pouvais parler au monde
Avant que la nuit ne tombe
Je lui dirais que l'espoir demeure
Tant que l'on s'aime

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Paroles:
Sophie Nault et Paule Tremblay


Album:
Prince D'Azur
(2007)

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