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On Bibles And Cannons

from Peace by Ars Pro Vita

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“The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer.
It has never yet melted.”
(D. H. Lawrence)

lyrics

The year was 1890
On December, 29th
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
Was where my tribe faced its fate

The USS 7th Cavalry
Following their orders
Had to stop our Ghost Dance
Our ritual was taken as an act of war

We, Lakota, did not perceive
And then, for ignoring the request
To lay down our weapons
An unstoppable reaction began

CHORUS I
The land was ours
They gave us books
With bibles and cannons
Our lives... and lands... they took...

Remember, the name “Lakota”
Means "Friend”

Tragedy settled in our lands
And made the ground tremble
So this nation always proud
Was slaughtered to the ground

The total disrespect for the dead
Opened the way for our souls
Bodies left in a snowstorm
Left in the damp to harden like stones

On that sad, shameful day were killed
Many innocent ones
A not so courageous behavior
Of so-called honored “white men“

CHORUS II
The land was theirs
We gave them books
With rifles, bibles and cannons
Their lives... and lands... we took...

300 slain!
Red Cloud, you can rest for now

Just remember, the name “Lakota”
Still means "Friend"

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from Peace, released June 1, 2020
Vocals: LF Venegas
Music and lyrics by Ars Pro Vita

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