"Tears Of Nature" by Insania, album: Sunrise in Riverland (2001)

Inner feelings: Anger in vain. I can't take anymore. No one needs to tell me what I'm fighting for. From thunder to sunshine, From sunset 'til dawn, What the hell is going on? Is this world about to lose control? [Bridge:] At least I know that I've been trying. But still our paradise is dying. And i've seen it so many times, mankind must be blind. Destroying and killing the nature in pain. Was my tears for them in vain? -tell me no!!! Still pollutions pond and dust: Nature bleeds everywhere. Why ain't mankind smart enough to feel my fear? My voice is the thunder, my breath is the wind, my tears are falling as rain. Why ain't mankind smart enough to feel the same? [Bridge:] At least I know that I've been trying. But still our paradise is dying. [Rep. Chorus] "Why do we have to destroy what God and the nature have given. Why do we have to destroy what was meant to be our paradise. I thought mankind was smart enough to understand that we were brought into this world for one reason: To rule the earth and to be the head of a body called " nature". Maybe the storms, the great fires and the earthquakes are just another way to punish us. And I believe - That's just what we deserve!"

"Time Is Ticking Out" by Cranberries, album: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001)

We better think about the things we say
We better think about the games we play
The world went round, yeah, around and round

We better think about the consequences
We better think about the global census
If time went down, yeah, if time went down

What about Chernobyl
What about radiation
We don't know, we don't know

What about deprivation, gluttony, the human nation
We don't know, we don't know

For me love is all
Time is ticking out

Looks like we've screwed up the ozone layer
I wonder if the politicians care
The dime went down, yeah, if time went down

What about our children then
Is there nothing left for them
We don't know, we don't know
For me love is all

I need the oxygen, I need the oxygen

For me love is all
To do do do
Time is ticking out yeah time is ticking out

as a tribute for the loss of this great singer, a warning about the consequences of human destructive actions towards environment.

"Be the rain" by Neil Young & The Crazy Horse, album: Greendale (2003)

Save the planet for another day

"attention shoppers, buy with a conscience and save"

Save the planet for another day

"save alaska! let the caribou stay"

Don't care what the governments say

"they're all bought and paid for anyway"

Save the planet for another day

"hey big oil, what do you say?"

We were runnin' through the night

Never knowin' if we would see the light

Paranoid schizophrenic visions

Livin' in fear of the wrong decisions

We got to wake up

We got to keep goin'

If they follow us

There's no way of knowin'

We got a job to do

We got to 

Save mother earth

Be the ocean when it meets the sky

"you can make a difference, if you really try"

Be the magic in the northern lights

"six days....six nights"

Be the river as it rolls along

"it has three eyed fish and it's smellin' strong"

Be the rain you remember fallin'

"be the rain, be the rain"

Yeah rain was fallin' and we're soakin' wet

Hail is beatin' down on our heads

The wind is blowin' through our hair 

Faces frozen in the frigid air

We got to get there

Alaska

We got to be there 

Before the big machines

We got a job to do

We got to

Save mother earth 

Dream the hunter on the western plain

"the birds are all gone, where did they go?"

Dream the fisherman in his boat

"he's comin' home empty, he's barely afloat"

Dream the logger in the great northwest

"they're runnin' out of trees, they got to give it a rest"

(there's no other way to cut it)

Dream the farmer in the old heartland

"corporate greed and chemicals are killin' the land"

Next mornin' sun was up at dawn

She looked around and earth was gone

Dark visions he had last night

He needed peace, he needed light

He heard the rumble and

He saw the big machines

The green army rose

It was a bad dream

He had a job to do

He had to 

Save mother earth

Be the ocean when it meets the sky

"greek freighters are dumping crap somewhere right now"

Be the magic in the northern lights

"the ice is melting!"

Be the river as it rolls along

"toxic waste dumpin' from corporate farms"

Be the rain you remember fallin'

"be the rain, be the rain"

Save the planet for another day

"be the rain, be the rain"

Be the river as it rolls along

"be the rain, be the rain"

We think it's the best choice for the day of the environment

"The Eye Of The Eagle" by U.D.O., album: "Mission Nº X" (2005)

Mother nature comforts us
Embraces to her breast
Fields of gold and icy plains
We feel her great caress
Cocooned by earthly majesty
A cosmic jewel in time
Surrounded by a giving sun
It's good to be alive
Pasture lands and silver streams
Finger through the land
Magnify the hopes and dreams
Moving living sand
Canyons wind and trembled winds
Mountains touch the sky
It's nature's breath we all depend
It's good to be alive
Oh - the eye of the eagle
Oh - finds it all
Oh - the eye of the eagle
Oh - sees it all
Sounds of silence fill the air
A diamond in your palm
The elements in harmony
Innocent and calm
So stand alone and touch the stars
Heaven will be kind
Feel the love of brotherhood
So good to be alive
Towering woods of dignity
Oceans giving birth
Arose a host of energy
A hail to mother earth
Never blind the eagles' eyes
Keep wind beneath their wings
Living free and soaring high
Good to be alive

You can hear this song in Youtube

Album: "Owlsa" by Fall of Efrafa (2006)

Pity The Weak

Fell down upon the realm of man

On a scorned mound
We erect another monolith
Buckled under its own ego
Another pillar of content
Another milestone of man

Pity the weak
We cry out in laughter
As trees are felled
How the mighty have fallen
We mock the roots

Parasitic ape;
Spills his black blood
Blotting out the sun
Wither to sallow flesh

Saplings writhe where man is idle
An imperfect genocide

Erected upon weakened ground
Finally gave way

Toppled down. Toppled down

[Explanation:]

we are a flash in the pan in relation to the longevity of life on this planet. when we murder countless lives and tear down countless trees, we feel we control everything. In our arrogance, we are simply pulling our end closer. When the last homo sapien dies, the world will not die with us. We are not a chosen race by some make believe god. We are the first, and hopefully last species to have evolved to the point where we deserve extinction. We are also a species that has the power to change this outcome.


A Soul To Bear

Man built god;
dragged himself upon a pedestal
kicked dirt in the faces of all other life
Crowned himself as deity

What animal separates this ape from that?
The human animal; ignored and loathed by louse and lion

Revel in our glory, in every brother is quarry
Butcher every life, until our land is stained and dead

From our towers we cry "every man shall bear a soul,
a right that no other beast shall bear"

and in the shadows the dogs shook their heads
"shame upon those apes, pride comes before a fall"

[explanation:]

It is obvious to me now that religion was the wedge that drove the human animal away from the rest of the natural world. humanity has a superiority complex, and we can blame religion for this. Religion dictates that animals do not have souls, and therefor only serve two purposes to us - slaves and food. As an atheist, the idea of a soul is a naive explanation for our consciousness, All life is conscious. No life on this planet, or anywhere in the universe for that matter, holds more significance than any other. The universe is a complex yet totally random event - and the outcome of evolution and chance on this planet was man - a subspecies of ape, who took the reigns for the last 45,000 years. And what have we done with that time? raped this world, enslaved each other, butchered countless lives in the name of civilization? intelligent animals that wield our dominance like monsters. We must all begin to understand that all life is equal, and to kill and eat other life when we no longer need to, (where we understand that we can draw all the nutrients we need from plants) - is cruel and unnecessary, and that man made gods do not offer pardons.


No Longer Human

Beneath this skin;
I am not human
I shed this flesh
In the name of shame
I shed this species
In the name of respect
For every life
We have taken from this earth
We are all butchers; plague bearers
The separation of man and beast

Butchers
We are worth nothing
We are owed nothing
We have learnt nothing
The dawn of man bore
witness to this end
silent faces turn callously away
In these eyes; sentience is rife
A cry; a smile - emotion we deny

Liars
We are worth nothing
We are owed nothing
We have learnt nothing
Born unto the hands of man
Divide in death their skin and bone
Throats slit bodies fall numb
This atrocity must come undone

A vegan species forced flesh into its maw
Suffocated on the blood of the dead and wanted more
Eyes outgrew stomachs, bloated with greed
Carnivore only in name, without the need
human kind is a hypocrisy,
compassion quashed with unhealthy need
tell yourself you can stomach their death
your words cast out on their dying breath
and all I can say is that I am sorry for what we have done

It' s a concept album dealing with the arrogance of human beings towards nature and animals. The cause of this arrogance and consequently destructive attitube and barbarism against animals is attributed to religion concepts about human superiority. This band spreads environmentalism and vegetarianism and strong anti-religious ideas.

You can hear these songs in youtube:

Pity the Weak

A Soul to Bear

No longer Human

"Donaukinder" by Rammstein (2009)

Donauquell dein Aderlass
Wo Trost und Leid zerfließen
Nichts Gutes liegt verborgen nass
In deinen feuchten Wiesen

Keiner weiss was hier geschah
Die Fluten rostigrot
Die Fische waren atemlos
Und alle Schwämme tot
An den Ufern in den Wiesen
Die Tiere wurden krank
Aus den Augen in den Fluss
Triebabscheulicher Gestank

Wo sind die Kinder
Niemand weisst was hier geschehen
Keiner hat etwas gesehen
Wo sind die Kinder
Niemand hat etwas gesehen

Mütter standen bald am Strom
Und weinen eine Flut
Auf die Felder durch die Leiche
Stieg das Leid in alle Teiche
Schwarze Fahnen auf der Stadt
Alle Ratten fett und satt
Die Brummen giftig allerort
Und die Menschen soviel fort

Wo sind die Kinder
Niemand weisst was hier geschehen
Keiner hat etwas gesehen
Wo sind die Kinder
Niemand hat etwas gesehen

Donauquell dein Aderlass
Wo Trost und Leid zerfließen
Nichts Gutes liegt verborgen nass
In deinen feuchten Wiesen

Wo sind die Kinder
Niemand weisst was hier geschehen
Keiner hat etwas gesehen
Wo sind die Kinder
Niemand hat etwas gesehen

 English translation by Affenknecht.com:

Children of the Danube

Donau Spring your bloodletting/bleeding
Where comfort and sorrow dissolve
Nothing good lies hidden, wet
in your damp meadows

No one knows what happened here
The floods (are) rusty red
The fishes were breathless
And all sponges dead
At the banks in the meadows
The animals became sick
Out of the eyes into the river
(the) stench (of) vile urge

Where are the children?
No one knows what happened here
Nobody saw anything
Where are the children?
No one saw anything.

Soon mothers stand at the stream
And cry a flood
On the fields through the dead body
The sorrow climbed into all ponds
Black flags on the city
All rats fat and satisfied
The poisonous humming everywhere And the people so far away

Where are the children?
No one knows what happened here
Nobody saw anything
Where are the children?
No one saw anything.

Donau Spring your bloodletting/bleeding
Where comfort and sorrow dissolve
Nothing good lies hidden, wet
in your damp meadows

Where are the children?
No one knows what happened here
Nobody saw anything
Where are the children?
No one saw anything.

The song deals with an accident near Baia Mare, in Romania, which occurred on 30th Januar 2000.

Extremely heavy rainfall on 30 January caused a dam to breach, causing 100.000 m³ of water to flood a goldmine and carry with it app. 100 ton of heavy metals and sodium cyanide into the nearby river Donau (German name for the Danube). The poison was carried along the river, causing havoc in several countries; drinking water became poisoned, and people fled the rivers’ surroundings to escape the deadly poison, which quickly destroyed all life in and around the river itself.

Lots of children were obviously affected by this disaster, but the name ‘Donaukinder’ (’Danube Children’) more probably refers metaphorically to the fish in the river, seen as the ‘children’ of the Danube/Donau; the fish obviously suffered most directly the full force of this disaster and the absence of fish in the river is the most obvious consequence of the disaster. Hence, the song rhetorically asks: ‘Wo sind die Kinder?’ (’Where are the children?’). Furthermore, the German name for Baia Mare, where the breach occured, is ‘Frauenbach’, meaning ‘Woman-River’, which sustains the metaphor of comparing River/Fish to Mother/Children. (Last FM)

But Romanian Gold Mine Reopens Despite Cyanide Disaster Fears

No matter such disasters, the lobby of gold, under a new gold fever and uncontrolled capitalistic paranoia, doesn't hesitate to use the most toxic ways to extract the last and very small concentrations of gold from billions of tons of rocks that consist natural lansscapes, exterminating useful lands, forests, aquatic environments and aquifers and intoxicating fauna, flora and consequently local societies.

Greece, and especially the Northern parts and the touristic paradise of Chalkidiki are in great peril for being surrendered to the new gold fever amd the most beautiful forests are going to be destroyed for a fistfull of gold. Local societies were risen, but the Greek state, in favour of the private interests  violently supresses any kind of peaceful demonstration and Mass Media ignore them, because they are property of the Greek lobby of gold. The gold fever also has striken Turkey and other Balkan countries, where local societies and States violently collide.

You can hear this song in youtube

"Earth Passport" by Liquid Blue (2009)

Envision, in your mind an open door to all the world
One planet, one people, a world where fear does not exist
All nations, united, and human rights for everyone
It can happen, why can't we?
Take me to a place where there's peace in the human race
Where everyone is treated the same, regardless of their name
Where the arts flourish here, where there's no such thing as fear
The people dance, the people sing, let freedom ring
Step into, the shoes of, your brothers in distress and pain
Perspective is changing, open hearts can change the world
Change places, new vision, inviting all into the dance
It can happen, why can't we?
Earth passport, no visa.

Earth Passport was recorded in nine languages including all six official UN languages and it received a Guinness World Record for “Song Sung in the Most Languages (Billboard Hit)”. The lyrics are a plea for world peace and include (in order from start to end of song): English, Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, French, Tagalog, German, Spanish, and Russian. In addition to the English vocals recorded by Liquid Blue, singers were brought in from around the world to sing in their native dialects. For example, the Russian vocals were recorded by a local singer when the Liquid Blue was performing a show in Belarus.(www.liquid-blue.com)

You can hear this song in youtube

"Twilight for all mankind" by Torture Squad, album:"Hellbound" (2008)

Faces in turmoil
Going though hard times
Global warming
Is changing everybody's lives
This climate chaos
Is the Beginning of the end
It's a bitter lesson
we all have to understand
Feel the deadly heat waves
And the force of hurricanes
Droughts and mega floods
Make the earth a piece of mud
Fire is burning high
Crops are getting dry
Isn't that enough?
A point of no return

Twilight for all mankind

Ambitious leaders
In an endless decay

Fuck the planet
Filling people with dismay
Here we come again
To a sad farewell
We're too tired
To stand another painful hell
Mass migration and civil war
No resources anymore
Hungry countries in decline
Making people cross the line
Famine and diseases
Put us on our knees
The future of mankind
Rests inside our minds

Twilight for all mankind

Fire is burning again
Water is causing pain
Air is hard to breath
Insane

Droughts split the land
Fast floods expand
Leading to the end
The end

This climate chaos
Is the Beginning of the end
It's a bitter lesson
we all have to understand
Feel the deadly heat waves
And the force of hurricanes
Droughts and mega floods
Make the earth a piece of mud
Fire is burning high
Crops are getting dry
Isn't that enough?
A point of no return

Twilight for all mankind

An apocalyptic song about the consequences of climate change. You can hear this song in youtube

"Unatural Selection" by Ayreon, album: 01011001 (2008)

We have to teach them all that we know
Their evolution moves far too slow
Expand their minds and reject compliance
Upgrade their knowledge, upload our science

This revolution will lead to their demise,
We should not make the same mistake twice
We're kept alive by artificial means
We've lost our souls to a world of machines

Listen to the Warning [8X]

We need to teach them to fight disease
They seem so helpless and need our expertise

I see them dying all across the globe
Their greatest foe is but a small microbe

The sudden change leads to overpopulation
Shifting the balance, destructive habitation
Killing a live biological invasion
Consuming it by ruthless exploitation

Can you see the fire in their eyes?
Can you hear the anguish in their cries?
Can you see the beauty in their eyes?
Can you sense the love within their hearts?
I can taste the freedom we once had
I can touch their pain when they feel sad
I can smell the fragrance of the air
I remember times we used to share

(Don't want to live in a world that's dying)
(Don't want to live in a world that's dead)

Listen to the warning [8X]

(Before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all
humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction)

(Human Kind has acquired a collective power and ability to
dramatically alter the environment of the entire planet)

(This will not be another Vietnam)
(The only thing we have to fear is fear itself)

(Our task is not only to win the battle, but to win the war)

We gave them feelings what did they sense?
Shout out the world at their defence.
We gave them science what did they do?
They built a bomb and they used it too.

We gave them wisdom, what did they learn?
Wore out the planet and mare it burn!
We gave them armor, what did they make?
Nuclear weapons for their own sake!
We gave them insight what did they see?
Vanquish the noble, enslave the free!
We gave them wisdom, what did they seek?
Destroying all that's within their reach!
We gave them language, what did they say?
They put the planet in disarray!
We gave them dreams!
What did they dream?

Don't want to live in a world that's dying.
Don't want to live in a world that's dead.

Listen to the warning [8X]

A chain on guilt around her neck
A planet straying in darkness

What can we say in lives we wreck?
I say we should find a way
I say stop this decay

Can you see the fire in their eyes?
Can you hear the anguish in their cries?
Can you see the beauty in their eyes?
Can you sense the love within their hearts?
I can taste the freedom we once had.
I can touch their pain�
I can smell the fragrance of the air.
I remember times we used to share.

A concept album about a race of extraterrestrials that plan to colonize earth and various ethics towards life forms and use or exploitation of the planet are risen. These extraterestrials were come from a planet where machines allienated them and also they are beyond restrictions of time observing the evolution on Earth from Dinosaurs to humans. They question themselves about the pros and cons of a possible intervention to speed the techological evolution in humans or leave them in their fate. At last they deside to give people technology and intelligence, but humans used these gifts with the worst way leading earth to destruction, in a similar way the extraterrestrials destroyed their own civilization reproducing unwillingly a similar circle of evolution and detruction. We present the lyrics of one song, the rest you can find them in Dark Lyrics Also you can read the story in wikipedia

You can hear this song in youtube

"Rain" by Fauna (2006)

Before the stars fled our sky
When we spoke the old tongue
When our mouths were filled with dirt
Our tongues danced as trees

As owl flies to cedar bough...

Shadow unto shadow falls
The wrung earth stills
Smoke rises from an empty face
Inkstain from the heart spreads

Hot tears spill
From the sky's open seam
An ash breeze pours
From our pure mouths
Partake of this dying fruit

Footprints fill with poison water
Footprints toward the forest fade

As animals we gather
Around the womb-hole in the ground
Shed this flimsy skin
Ignite our eyes again

Shadow opens
Nature's hands enfold
Listen: wind inside
Wind, harbinger

Under a raged cloth of sky
And the moon's blazing eye
Burrow deep in blackest earth
And break further

Hands blackened with my own blood
Piece me back together
Unburden the gutted beast
Fill the abyssal chest with leaves
I, great wound the wind whips,
Disappear.

[Those who love will forget they loved]

The ugly past curls in the fire
Shadows cast their figures
Into the swallowing mist.

An one hour ambient-black metal song from the so called "Cascadian scene" a branch of this extreme metal that has left the evil and dark thematology in favour of a more noble, natutalistic and environmental attitude.

You can hear this song in youtube in five parts

"Ka-ching" by Shania Twain, album" Up (2002)

We live in a greedy little world--
that teaches every little boy and girl
To earn as much as they can possibly--
then turn around and
Spend it foolishly
We've created us a credit card mess
We spend the money that we don't possess
Our religion is to go and blow it all
So it's shoppin' every Sunday at the mall

All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store

Can you hear it ring
It makes you wanna sing
It's such a beautiful thing--Ka-ching!
Lots of diamond rings
The happiness it brings
You'll live like a king
With lots of money and things

When you're broke go and get a loan
Take out another mortgage on your home
Consolidate so you can afford
To go and spend some more when
you get bored

All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store

Let's swing
Dig deeper in your pocket
Oh, yeah, ha
Come on I know you've got it
Dig deeper in your wallet
Oh

All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store

Can you hear it ring
It makes you wanna sing
You'll live like a king
With lots of money and things
Ka-ching!

A distinctive song from a famous pop singer, usually singing about love and men. Its about the disease of our societies, the consumerism, and the feeling of internal emptiness we feel, trying in vain to fill it with shopping therapy. We read in wikipedia:

The song deals with America's consumer culture through boom years of 1990s and early 2000s....Lyrically, the song talk about the greed in the world....The video depicts a city consumed with greed, Twain finds the streets empty and cars left abandoned while everyone is in a casino, sticking with the theme of the song. Scenes of Twain sporting a silver outfit and a dress (red in the pop version, green in the country version, and blue in the world version) are intercut throughout the video. The pop version with the red dress was the one typically used. "Ka-Ching!" is one of only two Shania videos to remain commercially unavailable.

You can hear and see this song-video in youtube

Civilización by Los Piojos, album: Civilizacion (2007)

Hay algo que está sonando
seguro que ya lo oías
la tierra está vibrando
con distinta melodía.

Ni dioses locos de furia
ni demonios vengativos
ni naves extraterrestres
ni algún cometa perdido.

La historia es mucho más clara
y tiene también sentido
la tierra se está quitando
de encima al peor enemigo.

Vienen los cuatros jinetes
cabalgando vienen digo
agua, tierra, fuego y aire
vienen de tu propio ombligo.

Oh oh oh oh,
cosas de la civilización.

Que todo ya está montado
que millones de despidos
el camino es complicado
quizá como nunca ha sido.

Anoche soñé con Manu
y esta melodía cantaba
alguien encendía un asado
alguien de lejos llegaba.

Y si viene un río gris
que separe al mundo en dos
quisiera quedar del mismo lado
nena que vos. (bis)

Un nuevo desierto,
un nuevo granizo,
saben quien lo hizo
anda por acá.

Dios perdona
al hombre a veces
la naturaleza nunca,
anda por acá.

No te olvides del mamut
que no termino el vermouth
No te olvides del mamut
que no termino el vermouth por alla
Y si viene un rio gris..


translation

One thing is ringing
sure you heard it already
the earth is vibrating
with a different melody.

Neither gods mad fury
or vengeful demons
or alien craft
a comet or lost.

History is much clearer
and also makes sense
the earth is being removed
off to the worst enemy.

Come the four horsemen
I come riding
water, earth, fire and air
come from your own navel.

Oh oh oh oh
things of civilization.

Everything is already mounted
that millions of layoffs
the road is difficult
perhaps as never has been.

Last night I dreamed Manu
and singing this tune
someone lit a barbecue
someone from far away arrived.

And if there comes a gray river
that separates the world into two
I would like to be on the same side
baby than you. (Bis)

A new wilderness
A new hail,
know who did it
walking around here.

God forgives
man sometimes
nature ever
walking around here.

Do not forget the mammoth
not finish the vermouth

Thanks to our friend Teresα from Argentina, another song about the impacts of civilization to nature. But nature fights back and all todays disasters are not god's revenge or of some metaphysical cause....

You can hear this song in youtube

"Gasoline" by Sheryl Crow, album: Detours (2008)

Way back in the year of 2017
The sun was growing hotter
And oil was way beyond its peak
When crazy Hector Johnson broke into a refinery
And the black gold started flowing
Just like Boston tea

It was the summer of the riots
And London sat in sweltering heat
And the gangs of Mini Coopers
Took the battle to the streets
But when the creed was handed down
For no more trucks and no more cars
They threw cans of petrol through the windows at Scotland Yard

Gasoline
Will be free, will be free
Gasoline
Will be free, will be free

When the Mounties stormed the palace of the Saudi family
They held them up for ransom
Without disturbing their high tea
But their getaway was shaky
They stalled in the Riyadh streets
Cause you can't make it very far
When your tank is on empty

The final can of gasoline was loaded on a truck
And driven through the streets of Agra to the palace aquaduct
You see, all the majesty of worship that once adorned these fatal halls
Was just a target to the angry
As they blew up the Taj Mahal

Gasoline
Will be free, will be free
Gasoline
will be free, will be free

Gary ran a market way down in Tennessee
Where all the farmers got together and talked about this great country
But when the government turned its back on farming
Man, what I hear
They dragged the pumps out of the ground
With a big vintage John Deere

I've got soldiers on my payroll
Standing guard on my front drive
Snipers on the roof poised at those
Who don't want me alive
Cause they audited my taxes
My family under threat
Cause I've got a message and a megaphone
And I'll scream it to the death

Gasoline
Will be free, will be free
Gasoline
Will be free, will be free

You got the farms in Argentina
Making fuel from sugar cane
You got the bastards in Washington
Afraid of popping the greed vain
Cause the money's in the pipeline
And pipeline's running dry
And we'll be the last to recognize
Where there's shit there's always flies

A humoristic song probably about a nearby future when humanity will be run out of petrol. The song has many strange parts. Read here a discussion about the meaning of the song

You can hear this song in youtube

"The Lonesome Death of Rachel Corrie" by Billy Bragg (2006)

In memory of the innocent victims of the fascist state of Israel who commits genocide in Gaza and to the innocent victims of the pirate murderous military assault on the ship to Gaza shipment of humanitarian help.

An Israeli bulldozer killed poor Rachel Corrie
As she stood in its path in the town of Rafah
She lost her young life in an act of compassion
Trying to protect the poor people of Gaza
Whose homes are destroyed by tank shells and bulldozers
And whose plight is exploited by suicide bombers
Who kill in the name of the people of Gaza
But Rachel Corrie believed in non-violent resistance
Put herself in harm's way as a shield of the people
And paid with her life in a manner most brutal

But you who philosophise disgrace and criticise all fears,
Take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.

Rachel Corrie had 23 years
She was born in the town of Olympia, Washington
A skinny, messy, list-making chain-smoker
Who volunteered to protect the Palestinian people
Who had become non-persons in the eyes of the media
So that people were suffering and no one was seeing
Or hearing or talking or caring or acting
And the horrible math of the awful equation
That brought Rachel Corrie into this confrontation
Is that the spilt blood of a single American
Is worth more than the blood of a hundred Palestinians

But you who philosophise disgrace and criticise all fears,
Take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.

The artistic director of a New York theatre
Cancelled a play based on Rachel's writings
But she wasn't a bomber or a killer or fighter
But one who acted in the spirit of the Freedom Riders
Is there no place for a voice in America
That doesn't conform to the Fox News agenda?
Who believes in non-violence instead of brute force
Who is willing to confront the might of an army
Whose passionate beliefs were matched by her bravery
The question she asked rings out round the world
If America is truly the beacon of freedom
Then how can it stand by while they bring down the curtain
And turn Rachel Corrie into a non-person?

Oh, but you who philosophise disgrace and criticise all fears,
Bury the rag deep in your face
For now's the time for your tears.

Rachel Corrie went to Gaza to draw attention to the plight of the Palestinians, whose voice is seldom heard in her country, the US. That she herself should be silenced -- first by an Israeli bulldozer, next by a New York theatre cancelling a play created from her words -- is a testimony to the power of her message. This song was written on a plane on March 20 and recorded at Big Sky Recordings, Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 22. The tune is borrowed from Bob Dylan.

You can hear this song in youtube and you can download it for free HERE, where is the site the lyrics and other information were obtained.

“Mother Earth” by Avalanch, album “Mother Earth” (2005)

Suffering she bears, yet tender remains
Soul of woman, with wisdom and grace
Willow tree that weeps, sad but not unloved
Cruelest winds of age,
working their worst where she stands
So much baggage, so much guilt
and the past seems so distant
I forgot how selfless you brought me life
And into your world
And of all the things I could sing of,
cannot express what’s inside of me
The heart of your son is not so cold
It’s never forgotten your love

Hold on mother earth
Now it’s my turn to tend to your needs
Now I comprehend
All the things I hold dear, you gave to me
Hold on mother earth
To see your beautiful face smiling at me
Hold on mother earth
I want to give back your love,
but I don’t know how
Hold on mother earth

Patiently she waits, just watching the sea
A message in a bottle sailing on the tide
Her weather-beaten face,
hides her waning faith
Everything to lose, everything to gain
Take my hand and feel my love
I will heal your wounds
and make dry your tears
And of all the things I could sing of,
cannot express what’s inside of me…
The heart of your son is not so cold,
it has not forgotten your love

Hold on mother earth
Now it’s my turn to tend to your needs
Now I comprehend
All the things I hold dear, you gave to me
Hold on mother earth
To see your beautiful face smiling at me
Hold on mother earth
I want to give back your love,
but I don’t know how
Hold on mother earth
Hold on mother earth

Now it’s my turn to tend to your needs
Now I comprehend
All the things I hold dear, you gave to me
Hold on mother earth
To see your beautiful face smiling at me
Hold on mother earth
I want to give back your love,
Please tell me how
Hold on mother earth

[ in Arabic, sung by Jbara: ]
Mother Earth, I give you my soul, my love, my respect, my whole life. You are life, you are our mother, you are respect.

[ in Portuguese, sung by Andre Matos: ]
Mother Earth that sings and sings, life brings and gives, Mother Earth that sings and sings, immortal life and time.

A melodic song about the suffering of Mother Earth.

You can hear this song in english and in its original version in spanish in youtube

"Scavenger" by Wumpscut, album "Bone Peeler" (2004)

you were always on this earth
you're not guilty you're not birth
mother nature gave you life
mother nature keeps you alive

scavanger

mother nature takes your life
mother nature keeps you alive
you were always on this earth
you're not guilty you’re not birth

an obscured song about our role in earth. We think that artist considers humans and any form of life as an eternal unity-entity that simply changes forms through the ages, maybe close to Gaia concept.

you can hear this song in youtube

“American President Loved His War” by Crying 4 Kafka (2009) Lyrics by Paul R. Abramson

AMERICAN PRESIDENT WANTED A WAR,
IN A LAND, FAR, FAR AWAY.
TOLD HIS SOLDIERS IF THEY WON,
HE’D LEAD THE VICTORY PARADE

AMERICAN PRESIDENT WANTED A WAR,
HE PREACHED IT EVERY DAY
PAID THE DEVIL WITH HIS SOUL
TO WIN ANOTHER RACE

AMERICAN PRESIDENT WANTED A WAR,
DIDN’T CARE BOUT WHAT IT COST
IF IT GAVE EM FOUR MORE YEARS
FUCK, IF WE WON OR LOST

AMERICAN PRESIDENT WANTED A WAR
DISTRACTION WHAT HE NEEDED
COUNTRY GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL
THAT’S WHERE THE MAN SUCCEEDED

NO ONE EVER KNOWS,
PRICE THE SOLDIER PAYS,
UNTIL THE GIFT
THE SOLDIER MAKES,
ENDS IN SHALLOW GRAVES.

PRESIDENTS GO TO WAR IN
VANITY AND PRIDE
NOTHING MORE TO OFFER
THAN BRUTAL HOMICIDE

WHO CAN SACRIFICE,
IN GREED AND LUST,
EVERY HOPE AND DREAM
ENDS IN DISMAL DUST.

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LOVED HIS WAR
AND ALL THE MONEY IT MADE HIM
TOLD HIS FRIENDS TO BUY UP STOCK
IN OIL AND AMMUNITION

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LOVED HIS WAR
AND ALL THE POWER IT GAVE HIM
BILL OF RIGHTS CAN GO TO HELL
AND…FUCK THE CONSTITUTION

NO ONE EVER KNOWS,
PRICE THE SOLDIER PAYS,
UNTIL THE GIFT
THE SOLDIER MAKES,
ENDS IN SHALLOW GRAVES.

PRESIDENTS GO TO WAR IN
VANITY AND PRIDE
NOTHING MORE TO OFFER
THAN BRUTAL HOMICIDE

NO ONE EVER KNOWS,
PRICE THE SOLDIER PAYS,
UNTIL THE GIFT
THE SOLDIER MAKES,
ENDS IN SHALLOW GRAVES.

PRESIDENTS GO TO WAR IN
VANITY AND PRIDE
NOTHING MORE TO OFFER
THAN BRUTAL HOMICIDE

NO ONE EVER KNOWS,
PRICE THE SOLDIER PAYS,
UNTIL THE GIFT
THE SOLDIER MAKES,
ENDS IN SHALLOW GRAVES.

PRESIDENTS GO TO WAR IN
VANITY AND PRIDE
NOTHING MORE TO OFFER
THAN BRUTAL HOMICIDE

That’s a new anti-war song about the notorious violent international policy by George Bush Junior that affected, not only the poor targets in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine, but also the human and individual rights all over the world, even inside USA!

In order to reinforce USA’s presence and control in oil production territories he didn’t hesitate to promote, support and do massacres, bloodsheds, ethnic cleansing and tortures against the local resistance. All in the name of the so-called fight against terrorism, but in reality all in the name of profits and greed.

In addition, as ecologists we are aware of the huge environmental impact for the future generations from the use of extremely toxic weapons of new technology and ammunition like depleted uranium.

You can visit the myspace of this interesting punk band to hear this song among other new stuff by them

Βαθιά πληγή (Gash), by Κίτρινα ποδήλατα (Yellow Bicycles) , Album: Ανάδυση (Emergence)(2009)

Έγινε η γη βαθιά πληγή δώστε της ξανά ζωή
Για να μπορέσω να μεγαλώσω
Αυτόν τον κόσμο που αγαπώ να τον γλιτώσω

Τέρμα τα μίση, τέρμα οι φόνοι
Τεχνολογίες που η φύση τις πληρώνει
Τέρμα ο κόσμος των ταχυτήτων
Το νερό, ο αέρας δεν είναι η άνεση των λίγων
Οι αντιθέσεις δεν είναι λύση
Τέρμα οι μεγάλοι ευεργέτες απ’ τη φύση
Τέρμα οι σπατάλες για τη μαγκιά μας
Τα ‘χουμε όλα δανειστεί απ’ τα παιδιά μας

Έγινε η γη βαθιά πληγή δώστε της ξανά ζωή
Για να μπορέσω να μεγαλώσω
Αυτόν τον κόσμο που αγαπώ να τον γλιτώσω

Μια στιγμή, κλείσε τα μάτια κι άφησε να περάσει από μπροστά σου
αυτός ο κόσμος που θες κι ονειρεύεσαι.
Κλείσε τα μάτια και θα δεις πως είμαι εγώ εκεί μπροστά που θες να φτάσεις.
Άσε την αγάπη να υψωθεί στον ουρανό.
Άσε την αγάπη να ξεκλειδώσει την καρδιά σου.
Είναι απλό. Τόσο απλό. Άφησε εμένα να γίνω οδηγός.
Άφησε εμένα.

Translation:

Earth became a gash, give her life again
In order to be able to grow up myself
To save this world I love
Give an end to hate, give an end to kill
To technology nature pays the toll
Give an end to the world of speed
The water, the air are not comforts for the few
Conflicts are not the solution
Stop the great supporters
Stop the expenses for our arrogance
All are borrowed from our children
Earth became a gash, give her life again
In order to be able to grow up
To save this world I love
Just close your eyes for a moment
and let the world you dream pass before you
Close your eyes and you’ll see that I am standing where you want to go
Let love reach out the sky
Let love unlock your heart
I’s simple, quite so simple. Let me be your leader
Let me…

The song starts and ends with audio fragments from radio or TV news about climate changing and ecological destructions. Also children voices sing the chorus and parts of the lyrics. A song that is an appeal from those who will suffer a lot in the future from our today’s improvident actions.

You can hear this song in youtube

Album: “From Mars To Sirius” by Gojira (2005)

Ocean Planet

I'm in a mental cage,
I'm locked up
Imprisoned I live,
Deathlike, sickening
Strong is your hold
On my resignation
I don't see the stars,
My memories are veiled

In fluid dreams
I fall I'm restless
Walls made of stone
Are turned into water now
Enlightened demons
Are taking me by the hand
Approaching me,
This great eye speaking

Mountainous waves
Are breaking on my despair
Awaken me but I'm still dreaming
And I just plunge
Into this sea of light
Set open the doors of soul
I'm living

Lightning struck me
I see the path I was so scared of
And fly to the stars
Conviction now increasing at last
My skin is broken
I see the smallest part of me
My mind is alive
But I'll never bow to this again

Why do they call me there
How can I fly to
All this water
I don't feel like
I could ever swim to them
Whales in the sky
I feel they're so close
Inside, and yet so far away
Burst into tears, I feel sad
My dreams aflame
The force is now away
Lie on a stone,
Drop this load and cry to see
The ocean planet is on burn



Backbone

Indestructible
On this rock I lie
But I'm alive for good
And I just free myself now
From all what was wrong
Break the unbreakable

All the stars
Fearlessly bright
They call me out there
Order me to face the wind
My structure's alive,
My body's on the way
Don't bow down
Before the walls
Of fear and madness
They try to counter me
And strike me down
To the ground again

Inexhaustible
The strength of fire
Is running through me
Spine like beam of light
What mortal could ever
Break this force
Unconstrained
I see at last
My backbone straighten
Thy serpent made of bones
Finally rise up
From the ground awaken

Beat your feet
On the ground now, go!



From The Sky

At the very first sound
There was just light
And then, a storm
Of time and space
Just came and struck
Created our time
In water life
We understand
It just only began
Forced to look to the sky
And wonder why
We cannot face the fact that
We're all scared now
Of mysteries of life
There is a mask that soon will fall
Before the strong embrace
Of love and might
Of light in the dark
I go for the quest
I have to give myself the answer
Enter now this place in the wild
I can see the glade
My feeling now is growing bigger
From the sky

I do feel like no one can save me
I am so alone and yet I cried
I called for help, forsaken
But now I know
The only way is to
Understand the living
Obey the rule of light
And face the fear
Inside out!

Lost, I found there a stone
Erected in line
With one of the brightest stars
Of all the night sky vault
And I took my time
Took off the moss
Washed away the dust
And gave a new lease of life
Its' mystical force
I grab it now
And praise this lord
Of earth and stone
Make passage for souls awaken
So it returns
To where it's always been
With the gods
Now coming, I feel the love
It comes from on high

I know the words
But now I fell it inside
It grows, it's there
And all it comes from the sky



Flying Whales

Waters of chaos
Have invaded all space
The flood on earth again
I have to find the whales
That once did guide us
To dry lands of life
I won't despair
I'll break this dark all around

Under the heavy sea
I'll search the flight of whales

Beneath the seas I searched
And had a different view
Of us on earth:
The sinking ship of men
But it's beyond the stars
I found the place
Where they were
And they finally came to light

Over the winds
They dwell in light
Like the arrow in the sky
I found myself on higher grounds
From up here
For I see them in flight

Now I can see the whales
Looming out of the dark
Like arrows in the sky
I can't believe my eyes
But it's true

Huge tunnel ends in light
Like banks of clouds they gather
See massive shape of flesh
Swimming giants in the clear
The mightiest comes to me
I'm on the wing, wide open
They teach me how to fly
Slowly moving in the air
They dance

So much told with no words at all
Powerful presence for only speech
Breath

Over the winds
They dwell in light
Fly



In The Wilderness

On my way
To the vision-come-true
I enter a galaxy rising
And I land on this
Brown and green old place
Whose wild is giant trees

Trees so strong
That they never can fall
Four suns alight
In silver grey sky
Wild river flows
With rage alive
Lions of fire approach me

Carved by the wind
And the fall of water
From the treetops
I can see the end of a time

Living respectful
Low your axe
And learn from the trees

Second dawn
Meet the sylvanlings
Passageways into the deep
Invitations to explore the forest
Lions gales and chambers

A tree trunk
Larger than a mountain
Stands on the top
Of this hill
Made of rock and mist

Living respectful
Low your axe
And learn from the trees

Henceforth
I will be always there
Planet earth will overcome
Men destroyed
Scorned and killed their lives
But the world is on her way


World To Come

I'm sitting by a lake
But it's not of this earth
The water is so clear
And the birds are alive
A mirror for the sky
They see themselves
And fly away

I'm sitting by a lake
The universe is alive
I lay down by the river-flow
It's a river of stars
I'm living by the ocean
It's an ocean of light
How do you call
This place around us
It's a world that I once saw
In a dream

Will you please tell me now
If I'm dead or alive
Landscapes so bright
All around
It's a city of light
Were who when and why?
I think therefore I am
I feel like I know this land
But it must be so far away...

This world is life
This "clouds-and-wonders"
Is all I need
And it will never go
You say it's lost
I don't believe it
This is my vision
We can never know

This is the earth
But ages after
I know the world
Will overcome its' pain
The simple fact
I dream about it
Already makes it
Happen in the rain

It's right in front
But you don't face it
I'm dedicated
All my life in me
And made of light
Our sun is growing
Like in the heart of some of us
I pray

And other lands
You will discover
This form of life
Is not the only one
I was a child
And I just knew it
And know I know
The vision came alive

To Sirius

Now from a solar system
To another I fly
I come with life in my veins
Through darkened space I ran
I left a struggle behind
And faced the fear that's alive
I lost a world and traveled
Straight across from the sky
To find the gates of the heart

I come to sirius c
To learn from you friends of old
And wish to come into being
And behold I'm with you
I am ready now to go
The distance and even beyond
Recover all my forces
All the strength of the world
And feel the light into me

From the strength of god
We go to the power of goddess
This place is a throne
For brightness
The age of war is over

For god's sake
They have never heard of you
"You'll never reach
This master race"
Our force sickening
Killing the time
Human laws
Already slain many lives

There was a streak of madness
But now I know
I see its now the only truth
The scars in me are opened
Won't you please call me beyond

Crave affection love and courage
Being courageous
And flying instead of
Falling down
Follow these instructions
I've been given
In this dream awake

There is no goal to reach now
Leviathans
No complaint at all
Dolphins from upper space
Are in front of me
In present they dwell

This is my way
I've found my home
My state of real
There is no goal to reach
This is my way


Global Warming

Four hundred thousand years ago
They came from outer space
And gave us life here
And we are taking everything for granted
I don't think we should do this now
And when I see the smoke around
I feel like I'm not
From humankind down there
I feel like glaciers are my eyes
And mountains are my head
My heart is ocean
And I feel all alone
Because everybody's wrong
I feel the living
What is this thing that we call hate
And that's inside of me
Get out of here!

A world is down
And none can rebuild it
Disabled lands are evolving
My eyes are shut, a vision is dying
My head explodes
And I fall in disgrace

I hold my inner child within
And tell him not to cry
"don't fear the living"
One day you will stand as a king
And now fear can erase
This light below us
Each one of us is now engaged
This secret we all have
This truth is growing
And as a warrior I have to fight
I can already feel
The love I'll discover

I had this dream, our planet surviving
The guiding stars always growing
And all the worlds
The fates all the countries
They're all rebuilding at the same time
I never fell and always believed in
We could evolve and get older
Open your eyes and let all this flow
Now see a new hope is growing inside

We will see our children growing

A concept album about a myctical experience and vision of the unification in nature and the phenomenon of life. The artist is aware of our insignificance, our arrogance, our ignorance. He is worrying about nature destruction, but he leaves us with a message full of hope. We read in wikipedia:

From Mars to Sirius is a concept album, focusing on the changing environment of the Earth, and how humanity must do something to save the Earth before it is too late...

This album follows a character who sees the world end and sets out on a journey to find the Flying Whales so they can teach the character to fly. Said character flies to Sirius C, where the 'Master Race' teaches him to restore life to the planet (possibly Earth or Mars).

The usage of interplanetary endeavoring in Sirius bears similarities to Voltaire's Micromégas, which tells the story of a man traveling through space originally from the planet Sirus.

It also bears similarities to ideas put forward in Bob Frissell's book "Nothing in This Book is True, But it's Exactly How Things Are"

We present the lyrics that have more direct reference to environmental issues. For the rest of them visit darklyrics com.

You can hear some songs from this album in youtube
Ocean Planet
Backbone
From the sky
Flying whales
In the Wilderness
World to come
Global warming

Also the interesting video clip "To Sirius" from this album:

Greece was bunt out again!

A ska song by ska-bungies written for this new tragedy. It calls us to take resposibility and action against corrupted governments that have yield forests to building societies and promote antiforest laws serving certain private interests