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:

Album: “The Way Of All Flesh” by Gojira (2008)

Toxic Garbage Island

Mysterious form, soul in the dark
under this heavy sealing concrete waves
Followed by servants, funeral cortege
this pale ghost is gathering his strength

Ghost, pale, the procession is crawling

Plastic form dead things it is now so clear
How could I fail to understand
Cities are burning the trees are dying
My heart awake but still
pain is killing me
Pain is killing me

Take this pestilent destruction out of my way
The great pacific garbage patch is exhausting
And the world is sliding away
in a vortex of floating refuse
With the sacred one you have lost

Plastic bag in the sea [4x]

This song we think is about nuclear power and waste.



A Sight To Behold

Reflecting ourselves in the blood of all the beings we slay
Misunderstand each other, out of control we remain
There is a mystery, we're facing a sight to behold
This is what we make of the world, we throw everything away

The way we all behave is not understandable
It is so sad to see the wealth of our planet fade away
We all behave like children, taking off the head of our teddy bear
to see what's inside, taking, not giving back
We drain the oceans and suck all the blood out of the soil
We spend the time we have left fighting and killing each other
Lust for comfort, entertainment becomes an obsession
And there is so much time to kill

The way I see things is so simple
The fact I'm walking standing on this land
Exhausted is the realm of nature, friends are dying
The living creatures on our side
The way I see myself so confused so sophisticated
I have to stay away from me
But I still don't get the point
What's worth destroying all the worlds
Try not to get it anymore

You burn yourself, set fire for good
We die eyes closed, dig our own grave now
Tossed in the blaze naked on the flame
Lost with no pride, drowned in the filth
The giant snake is coming down to eat our heads
and the flood will kill us, Mantus is rising from under

The way I see things is so simple
The fact I'm living dying on this land
Exhausted is the realm of nature, friends are dying
The living creatures on our side
The way I see myself so confused so sophisticated
Don't have to stay away from me
But I still don't get the point
What's worth destroying all the worlds

Try not to get it anymore [4x]



Wolf Down The Earth

First of all you will eat all the bodies
No matter they pray for freedom they'll kill you
Forward you crush those going backward
The wolves are now your lords
Voracious flames upon the earth

Second step you eat all the creation
Swallow the trees the lakes and all the valleys
Crush the moon, and drink the rivers flowing
Deep rolling ocean blow
Burning all that lives

They teach you how to conquer and rule the world
The towers that you built so strong, no man can touch
They tell you how to find and raise the fears
and let them grow inside of your heart they need no walls

Is there a chance you face the void inside?
Winds of doom will blow your pride away

Behold the bright lights coming down on time
Before these altars black, made from your sacrifice
You take for granted what's been there for ages
Inside the womb the new blood gets ready to fight

The buildings of our fathers
crumbling in dark vibrations
Wolf down the one that made us all
No hope, you wolf down the earth

Both songs are about human attitude towards nature.

You can hear some songs from this album in youtube:
Toxic Garbage Island
A Sight to Behold
Wolf down the Earth

Soliradity to the fight for survival in Peruvian Amazon

Three songs by Sepultura about struggle for survival and Human Rights all over the world, dedicated to peruvian indigenous people for their fight to death to protect their land from invasive capitalism. From Palestine to Amazonian territory, the violent authority is the same, supporting destructive and predatory economical policies against local societies and natural environment







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"Embrace The World" by Gojira, Album “The Link”(2003)

I sit on a rock
Cannot be touched by struggle & confusion
I reclaim my space inside my structure
Look at this point
All is about nothing, everything comes near
The remotest parts of the world

By silence
We can dissolve disruptive vibrations
I have to try
Gaïa's alive for good
Under my feet the forest
Over me the largest
It's roundness I feel
Lifelong misery
How do we get to Avalon?
There is a bridge beyond
Indestructible the earth is a temple

I cannot see what is wrong and
All gods are one

I close my eyes
I'm all around, I feel so present
Embracing it's vastness I hold
Facing the world
I become a part of it
I'm not alone anymore

I embrace the world

Meditations about the feeling of unity in Nature

You can hear some songs from this album in youtube:
Wisdom comes
Indians
Dawn

Album: "Terra incognita" by Gojira (2001)

Clone

Every Step you take is to the end
Chaos, duplicate the human slaves
Mother Nature so far away : Why?
Perfect is the race you dream

Right now, I make my choice
Perfection you fake is not
The soul, not a genetic code
You fools, you ignoramuses

Hatchery, the newborn to celebrate
Ashes to ashes, I see respect in the dust
Life is so perfect

Now for the weak an abortion
Celebrate perfection that grows
The flesh, a gift of science
The soul a fault of a god

Life on its way to the state of fire
From the cold taste of steel
Light embraces the dark, lava flowing free
and the cradle is...
Forgot the reasons why - We all lie so pale
On the playground of cold
Mother Nature is at saturation point
and the cradle is falling down...


In The Forest

I want to live in the forest
Between the roots and the branches I lay
On the moss I sit, I want to rest by the river

I want to live in the forest forever
The power of trees, I want to feel forever
Connection with life, animals, and stars

Between the roots and the branches I lay
Meditate the light wide open to the stars
Speak of the whales, deep in the oceans
Speak to the planets, deep universe

Thanks to an Anonymous friend we'll present the four up today works of an environmentally aware French metal band "Gojira". We start from their first album "Terra incognita"

The first song is a warning for the dangerous experiments of science with modification of gens and biotechnology. The second is an escaping song to nature and forests. We read in wikipedia about the album title:

According to text on the album inlay, the title "Terra Incognita" refers to the area inside of each man, where, according to Hindu legend, Brahma hid the divinity that he had taken from humanity for the punishment of its abuse

You can hear some songs from this album:

Clone
In the forest
Satan was a lawyer
Deliverance
Fire is Everything

Album: “Roorback” by Sepultura (2003)

Urge

Revolting manner of handling power
Perpetrating lies and misery
Fifty years of progress in five
People living only to survive

The child is suffering a mother's deadly dream
I'm fed up to see them being mistreated
I'm always feeling like i'm being cheated
No honest meanings the way i'm treated

Multi racial society
Degradation of liberty
Urban warfare at all levels
Politicians rethinking his measures

I'm deep inside
A sea of mud
The underground
South of the world

Can't control my urge
Rule my urge
Can't control my urge
Ruled by urge

Between the shacks and arid soil
The concrete jungle with trees of steel
Between the millions confronting faces
Confusing crowds with distant traces

Soldiers out there drug dealing
Warriors of the raw feelings
Side line control trespassing over
Dictating rules and committing the crimes

I'm deep inside
A sea of mud
The underground
South of the world

Can't control my urge
Rule my urge
Can't control my urge
Ruled by urge


Pictures of life in a third world country: Huge antithesis of social classes, social violence, poverty, drugs, children’s deaths, favellas beside concrete skyscrapers, loss of human rights, dignity and security.


Activist

Our pulse to resist
Moves our cultural resistance
I'm living this life
Inside a civil tribe demised
Improve my old mind
Breaking all rules absorbing what I may find

Our manner to protect
Destroys what's left for protection
Believing in symbols
The church will fool our souls
Prove you my role
Acting against undesired control

Don't fear your left
Don't trust your right
Activist

Our way of seeing progress
Making us walk towards repression
Disturbing our peace
In the name of self defense
Being felt by all
Our violent taste for the humans fall

Don't fear your left
Don't trust your right
Activist


Independent activism away from unreliable political parties and church against the loss of their land great misery indigenous people are forced to live in favour of multinational corporations. All over the world and especially in Latin America indigenous people and tribes struggle against the invaders for timber, mines, ranching, and now for GMO and biofuel agriculture. The new madness, the biofuel plants demand great occupation of agricultural land and so enhance food crisis especially in the poor countries.

You can hear some songs from this album in youtube:
Come back alive
The rift
Corrupted

Album: "Νation" by Sepultura ( 2001)

One Man Army

Your Green Is For Money
My Green Is For Land
Shut Off My Eyes
Clog Up My Ears
Cut Off My Tongue
You'll Still Hear Me Coming

My Blood Is Thicker
My Pain Will Rise
Boycott My Ideas
Fueled With The Hate I Feel
Infiltrated With The Lies
That You're Feeding Me

One Man Army

Our Strength's Your Weakness
Our Truth's Your Lies
Shut Off My Eyes
Clog Up My Ears
Cut Off My Tongue
You'll Still Hear Me Coming

Surrounded By Mistrust
Trapped In Your Mind
All You Hear Is - What You Fear And
All You Fear Is - What You Don't Know
All You Know Is - What You See
And What You See Won't Last Forever

One Man Army

Our Truth Will Echo And Echo Forever
Tormenting You Forever And Ever

You'll Still Hear Me Coming Through To You

Boycott My Ideas
Fueled With The Hate I Feel
Infiltrated With The Lies
That You're Feeding Me

One Man And I'm Coming For You


A song that refers generally in the hidden power of the masses through unity. The first two verses that we have chosen as our blog favourite motto (see the right column) leads us to interprete the song as a threat of mass awake of repressed or displaced indigenous people in rainforests. But it could be a motto for general used by eco-activists when in unity they face or confront politics and policies based on greed that destroy environment and life quality.


Sepulnation

A Nation Built On Sweat
A Nation Built On Blood
A Nation Built On Dreams

Before The Tongues Are Mute
Before They Hide The Truth
We'll Be The Ones Who Speak

A Nation - A Nation
A Struggle - A Struggle
A Weapon - A Weapon
Our Music!!!
One Mantra - One Mantra
One Prayer- One Prayer
One Belief - One Belief
All Gods!!!

We See Without Our Eyes
We Walk Without A Path
We Fight With Unity

Search For A Better Way
Change What's Been Done Before
Make Our Own History

Rise Up, Rise Up
Resistance Won't Be Stopped
Rise Up, Rise Up
Sepulnation

Rise, Rise
Corruption Undisguised
Rise, Rise
Sepulnation

Confronting With Our Minds
Destroying All The Lies
Unmasked By Purity

Burning The Eyes Of Greed
No Fear, No Disbelief
Our Faith Is Your Misery

A Nation - A Nation
A Struggle - A Struggle
A Weapon - A Weapon
Our Music!!!
One Mantra - One Mantra
One Prayer- One Prayer
One Belief - One Belief
All Gods!!!

Rise Up, Rise Up
Resistance Won't Be Stopped
Rise Up, Rise Up
Sepulnation

Rise, Rise
Corruption Undisguised
Rise, Rise
Sepulnation

One Nation Above All
Founded On Our Faith



Border Wars

Where Am I To Go? What Do I Have To Do?
Borders All Around Me, There's No Chance For
A Choice
Born In This World In A War Stricken Land
I Will Do What I Have To Do And Go Where I Can

The Walls That We Build We Are Taking Them
Down
Imaginary Lines Of Corruption And Greed
The Walls That We Build We Are Taking Them
Down
Overpopulation Isn't Just An Excuse

Searching For A Place Where I Can Have My Own
Rights
Everywhere Around Me There's Death In The Air
I Wanna Find A Way To Make A Change In My Life
I Will Do What I Have To Do And Fight Till The
End

The Walls That We Build We Are Taking Them
Down
Imaginary Lines That Won't Allow Us To Live
The Walls That We Build We Are Taking Them
Down
Denying All The Rules And All Their Abuse

No, No - It Won't Be This Way
No, No - Can't Be Their Way
Pride, Pride - They Won't Blur Our Pride
I, I - Must Stay Alive

Looking For The Ground To Build A Home That Is
Safe
They Make The Planet Small And They Have No
Control
Everywhere You Go They Have An Eye On Your
Steps
I Will Run Where I Have To Run And Hide Where I
Can

The Walls That We Build We Are Taking Them
Down
Exploring Different Fields So We Grow In Our
Hearts
The Walls That We Build We Are Taking Them
Down
Exploiting All The Lies To Defend Our Own Kind

No, No - It Won't Be This Way
No, No - Can't Be Their Way
Pride, Pride - They Won't Blur Our Pride
I, I - Must Stay Alive

Border Wars

One More Crime
Crossing Lines
Trapped Inside
State Of Mind
Never Blind
Fate Untied

No, No - It Won't Be This Way
No, No - Can't Be Their Way
Pride, Pride - They Won't Blur Our Pride
I, I - Must Stay Alive

Border Wars

One More Crime
Crossing Lines
Trapped Inside
State Of Mind
Never Blind
Fate Untied



Who Must Die?

Who Decides Who Lives In This World?
Who Decides Who Dies In This World?
More Efficient Ways Of Execution
This Is Not A Type Of Resolution
Who Dares To Throw The First Rock?
Who Believes In Justice Being Done?
More Efficient Ways To Confess
We Got To Know The Truth No Less

Premeditated, Calculated, Precise
Created Cases Based On Races
Exchanging Life For Lies

Who Denies The Right To Defend?
Who Decides What Crime Is A Sin?
This Is Not A Way To Convict
It's Just Another Way To Conflict
Who Provides The Time For A Chance?
What Case Will Fall In Wrong Hands?
More Efficient Ways To Confess
We Got To Know The Truth No Less

Murder - In The First Degree
Murder - It's Only Revenge
Murder - Why , Why
Are We So Righteous To Declare That One Must
Die

Premeditated, Calculated, Precise
Created Cases Based On Races
Exchanging Life For Lies

Murder - In The First Degree
Murder - It's Only Revenge
Murder - Why , Why
Are We So Righteous To Declare That One Must
Die

Examples Being Made, In A Way Creating An
Endless Cycle Of Violence
Have We Become What We've Hated Most About
Ourselves?
When Mistakes Are Being Made, Who Is Going To
Be The One To Blame?
Who Is Gonna Pay That Final Price?

Who Will Pay The Final Price?
Are We So Righteous To Declare That One Must
Die?



Politricks

So You Want A Nation?
Your Very Own Nation
Push The Machine Aside
Many Have Tried

We Have Always Been There
We Will Always Be There
Making Sure You Need Us
And Feed Us

We Got The Money
We Got The Power
We Got The Guns
We Got Tv

You Are Our Livestock
We Make You Love It
Slave And Dream For Escape
But Scared To Death Of Change

Want To Hear My Speech?
Want To Share My Thoughts?
Protest! Protest!

...Come Now
Is It Worth The Hassle?
Worth All Your Precious Time?
You'll Grow Old, You'll Give Up

We Farm You
We Milk You
Your Energy's For Us To Drain
Office, Sweatshop, Plantation, The Same

I Know We Can Survive Our Choice
I Know We Can Be What We Want To Be
I Know We Can Survive
I Know We Will Survive

The Only Game We Know
We Must Have More And More
Make More, Take More
Control More

You Are Our Marketplace
Not A Community
No Subcommandante Ski-Mask
Will Lead You To No Promised Land

Want To Hear My Speech?
Want To Share My Thoughts?

Protest! Protest!


Sepultura's album "Nation" talks about the consequences of the creation of Nations. Cheated by visions of independence and social and racial equality, peace, etc that were turned quickly to lies, a once free and multicultural territory is enclosed by borders and forced to adopt a uniform culture of "progress" (urbanization and industrialization), or to be eliminated or reduced to a repressed b-class ethnic minority. Nationalistic ideologies (one state, one nation/culture/race: verses: created cases based on races in song who muast die) are still a cause of many local wars and conflicts, not only in Third World where cultural diversity is strong, but even in Europe.

The cause of such a historical evolution was the new exploitative economical system that has prevailed since 19th century, Capitalism, that replaced the oldest multicultural imperiums in Europe and is behind the fake independence of states of the previous colonies in Africa, Latin Amecica, Asia and Pacific territories.

The songs Sepulnation and Border wars talk about cheated people by falsified dreams who they contributed (even giving their blood in wars of independence, or in border wars) to creation of nations and then they were persecuted of put aside in misery.

The song Who muast die acuses the "right" to kill in the name of a nation or an ideology by authorities and generally the capital punishment.

The song Politricks (lyrics by Jello Biafra) talks about the uniform culture of progress (urbanization, industrialization, consumerism) multicultural people are forced to adopt and submit (generally by uniform education and language to impose and enstablish the uniform nationalistic ideals) in order to be easily manipulated by economical elites and authorities.

you can hear some songs from this album in youtube

Sepulnation

Border Wars

One man Army

"Back To The Primitive" by Soulfly, Album: Primitive (2000)

Back to the primitive
Fuck all your politics
We got our life to live
The way we want to be

Back to the primitive
Fuck all your politics
"Who feels it, knows it"
(Bob Marley)
And God will guide me

Back to the primitive
Fuck all your bullshit
We're back to set it free
Confronting the negative

Back to the primitive
Fuck all you wannabes
You don't mean shit to me
Let it bleed...

Back to the primitive
Fuck all your politics
We got our life to live
The way we want to be

Back to the primitive
Fuck all your politics
How it used to be
Check your reality

Back to the primitive
Fuck all your politics
Fuck all you wannabes
Aaaaaarggghhh!

Back to the primitive
Fuck all your politics
Forever we will be
What we want to be

Disgusting of hypocritical politicians that make wars, destruct environment, enslave people in a meaningless life in concrete walls fed with lies from manipulated Mass Media, the singer, full of anger, rejects civilized life and calls us for the wild. That song reminds us that of Kinks' "Apeman" which deals with the same issue but in a humoristic attitude. We understand Max Cavalera's furious attitude because he is in contact with tribes who suffer a lot from their contact with "civilization" but it's not only something personal:

There is also a controversial sociopolitical movement, the Anarcho-primitivism which calls seriously of the wild by strongly critisizing current politics, role of science and technology and generally the development and form of civilization under exploitative authorities and patriarchy. No matter the utopic and sometimes goofy proposals about the future form of a back-to-the-primitive social organization, anarcho-primitivists do have a point when they critisize the historical development of social structures.

you can hear this song in youtube

Album: “Against” by Sepultura (1998)

Old Earth

We gamble with life fighting tribes after tribes
Colors and races misplaced in the spaces
We're falling, we're crawling, we're crying, denying

Heavy rain shaking ground, no roots will be found
Hate from my mother, the limits of mankind
We're lying, we're dying, destroying

The earth is rotting, the earth is rotting
Rot old old earth
The earth is growing, it keeps on growing
Rot old old earth

Believing in gods and spirits that can save us
Shout to the skies and disturbing the peace
We're rioting, we're shouting, we're killing, denying

Involved in our minds but not by our own actions
Consume all the wealth, there's no hope for redemption
We're burning, we're cutting, destroying

Can you feel? Can you feel it leave!
The earth is rotting, the earth is rotting
Rot old old earth
The earth is growing, it keeps on growing
Rot old old earth


Boycott

Urban war, cracked-up child
Painted in blood on concrete walls
Carbonic gas, cancer land
What do I care? What do I care?
Is he prepared? Can he face that?
He must handle the truth of real demands

Strike Boycott

Armed and ill, psycho kill
There's no ground holding my feet up
Trained to serve but I steal
What do I care? What do I care?
Protect society who pays me shit
It's south of the world, no justice sire

Strike Boycott

Stressful mind, fucked up life
I know the end can be suicide
Suicide, suicide
What do I care? What do I care?
Boycott the trigger and you'll have no feedback
Boycott the force that kept the sick in their beds

I'll boycott the trigger and you'll have no feedback
With hands tied, I can't receive what I need

Reserve no honor
Reserve no pride

Strike Boycott


Two songs about the destruction of tribal cultures in Latin America and the throwing of indigenous people in downgrading suburbs in big cities where they suffer from unemployment, diseases, alcoholism, increase of criminality, mental disorders, suicide. The only solution is the fight for their rights and reclaiming their lands.

You can hear some songs from this album in youtube:

Rumors
Choke
Against

Album: Roots by Sepultura (1996)

Roots Bloody Roots

Roots Bloody Roots (x3)

I, Believe in our fate
We don't need to fake
It's all we wanna be
Watch me freeeaaak !!

I say, We're growing every day
Getting stronger in every way
I'll take you to a place
Where we shall find our

Roots Bloody Roots (x4)

Rain, Bring me the strength
To get to another day
and all I want to see
Set us free

Why Can't you see
Can't you feel, This is real

I pray, We don't need to change
Our ways to be saved
That all we wanna be
Watch us freak


Attitude

One week of struggling
On the real world is..
So you can see !!!

Feel your soul and...
Shape your mind to warfare
It's all for real

Live your life
Not the way they taught you
Do what you feel !

Survive the jungle
Give me blood
Give me Pain
These scars won't heal

What were you thinking
What a wonderful world !!!
You're full of shit

Leave it behind
They don't care if you cry
All is left is pain

Can you take it ? (x4)

The only way
To get away
Kill your pride
Attitude

I won't take it (x4)

So in the end
I want to see some respect
( I said )
You better show some respect
( I said )
Attitude and respect


Cut-Throat

Telling lies right into your face
Grab your soul and make a disgrace
Make you believe you're bigger than life
No one cares if you'll live or die

Waiting for the moment to strike
To take possession to take your heart
Turn your part into a farse
Without respect, without regret

Cut-Thoat (x6)

You promise this and promise all
Deep inside nothing at all
In a war of filth and greed
We don't need none of this shit

All I say that will survive
We know what's true, we know what's right
We're going through this till the end
And I know you're not my friend

Cut-Thoat – (x6) Fuck !

To give in - no fucking way
To give in - no way

So don't tell us it can't be done
Putting down what you don't know
Money isn't our god
Integrity will free our soul

Enslavement pathetic
Ignorant corporations


Breed Apart

Creepy crawl
On concrete and dust
Asphalt jungle
Piles of crust

Non sense thoughts
Inside the mind
What really means
What I want ?

Open up your mind
And go your own way

Straight old thoughts
To force you down
Raping rape
Breed apart

Open up your mind
And go your own way


Ambush

Screaming
For more justice
Amazonia burns
Can you hear them ?

I'll fight
To save another day
So join us
And we'll make them leave this land

Threatening
To kill how we feel
(but) if we stop them it'll be worth dying for

When you go down motherfucker !
When you go down fighting !!
...
Why ? Why ? WHY ?


Endangered Species

Life !!
The struggle to survive
Crawling, raging
Feed the hate inside

Are we going to see another day ?
Are we going to make it all the way ?
Are we going to see the light of day ?
Are we going to make it till the end ?

Rise !!
Bad moon rise
Another war, another crime
End in sight

Bleak !!
Why & what the fuck ?!?
Shut your mouth, shut your mind, this the way
You're just another prey

Is that what we've became ??

RISE ! [8x]

Are we going to see another day ?
Are we going to make it all the way ?
Are we going to see the light of day ?
Are we going to make it till the end ?

Endangered Species [3 x]
Is that what we've became ??


An Album that is dedicated to the Amazon tribes that struggle for keeping their lands and traditional way of life against the deforestation and the invasion of any kind of corporations, ranchers, miners, loggers, developmental projects, etc. All traditional rainforest people suffer from loss of habitat and are forced to a meaningless hard life of unemployment, alcoholism, prostitution and exploitation in urban environments. We deal with such issues in their previous album Chaos AD, song “Kaiowas”. Let’s now see the situation of many other South American tribes, beside Guarani-Kaiowas, that face displacement, diseases and loss of their roots and their sometimes bloody struggle against the invaders.

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Yanomami: Invasions and Death
The dimension of the problem caused by the illegal presence of prospectors in Yanomami lands can be better understood from the indigenous people's perspective: the mere presence of a single foreigner can mean the spread of plague, and widespread death. For the Yanomami, the lack of immunity to ailments introduced by miners, the rise in cases of malaria, and their dependence on natural resources poisoned by mining activities has predictably resulted in numerous deaths. In addition, the lawless atmosphere of the mining camps has been characterized by prostitution and gun violence.
Over 1,000 gold-miners are now working illegally on Yanomami land, transmitting deadly diseases like malaria and polluting the rivers and forest with mercury. Cattle ranchers are invading and deforesting the eastern fringe of their land. Yanomami health is suffering and critical medical care is not reaching them because of corruption and incompetence in Brazil’s National Health Foundation (FUNASA). The Brazilian congress is currently debating a bill which, if approved, will permit large-scale mining in indigenous territories. This will be extremely harmful to the Yanomami and other remote tribes in Brazil. The Yanomami have not been properly consulted about their views and have little access to independent information about the impacts of mining. (Survival international)

Nambikwara: Loggers and Miners Attack
The Nambikwara people became known internationally when Brazil's military government decided to build a road from Cuiaba to the western outpost of Porto Velho in the heavily colonized state of Rondonia. Yet again, uncontrolled colonization brought epidemics, violence and death, this time upon the Nambikwara. They were relocated, and decimated. The few that remained fought to return to their traditional territory, and in 1990, the government finally registered 67,420 hectares as the Sarare indigenous area. …In addition, the mining camps had spread venereal diseases and malaria throughout the area.

Macuxi: Disappointment
Twenty five years ago, Jacir José Macuxi and a few other prominent Macuxi initiated the struggle to demarcate their 1.6 million hectare territory (Raposa/Serra do Sol) in northern Brazil, on the torrid savannas of the Venezuelan border area in the state of Roraima. There too, gold miners and ranchers had taken hold and were spreading Falciparum malaria, a deadly strain of the disease that was steadily killing off the people. "Many people fell sick," says de Souza. "My wife was one of them, and she died." In 1995, the government even proposed to build a dam inside the area. Then, backed by state government leaders, the invaders of Raposa Serra do Sol voted to form a new municipality inside the indigenous area.
“Since Lula came into office, things have only gotten worse for us," said Jacir Jose de Souza, a Macuxi Indian chief who is also director of the Roraima Indigenous Council. "He's deceitful, very unreliable. He's worse than the last government because he says one thing and does another." (NY Times)

Parakana: The Mahogany Battle
Indian territories in the Amazon are often the last repositories of precious woods and other natural resources. Knowing this, illegal loggers do much of their work on Indian lands. For the Parakana people, who inhabit the Apyterewa indigenous area in southern Pará state, particularly for youths, contact with loggers has translated into dependency, alcoholism, and exploitation as the result of the illegal smuggling of mahogany. Six months ago, the Brazilian state issued a federal decree that imposed strict restrictions on the logging of mahogany. But the Amazon is big, and the enforcement of such legislation daunting. …The Parakana Indians, however, have organized to help federal agencies in the task of curbing invasions and preventing the exploitation of the hardwood. In 1993, they destroyed machines and other tools of the Perachi timber company as a means to intimidate invaders. This timber company, one of the largest in the region, defied the public powers by illegally exporting mahogany and, in the process, devastated 5,000 hectares of indigenous territory to open pasture areas.
"Tens of thousands of tons of Peruvian mahogany are imported into the US for luxury dining room tables, household trimmings and automobile dashboards," Ari Hershowitz, of the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC), said. "But Americans have no idea that buying mahogany contributes to the destruction of the rainforest and threatens the people who live there. People are dying - it is a crisis right now."(Common Dreams org)

You can hear some songs from this album in youtube
Roots Bloody Roots
Ratamahatta
Attitude

Album: Chaos A.D. by Sepultura (1993) part 1

Slave New World
Face - The enemy
Stare - Inside you
Control - Your thoughts
Destroy - Destroy 'em all

You censor what we breathe
Prejudice with no belief
Senseless violence all around
Who is it, that keeps us down

Once all free tribes
Chained down led lives
Blood boils inside me
We're not slaves, we're free

Face - The enemy
Stare - Inside you
Control - Your thoughts
Destroy - Destroy 'em all



Nomad

Travelling through the time
Moving slowly in the sand
Knowledge is the weapon
Against the hunger in the land

Solitude met herself
Lessons from the primal step
Memories from an ending life
Liars can't stop the tribes

Nomad, Nomad, Nomad, Nomad

Brother is the son of rape
The blood that once unites
Wanna choose the way they die
Look inside their minds(echoes in the)

Actual tribe no longer sounds
The ancient teaching failed
Movement of my culture
My beliefs have no more tales

Who are you to criticize
To judge and burn the tribes
The world will be extinct
And your flesh will rot with mine

Nomad, Nomad, Nomad, Nomad


Two songs with rage and anger about the occupation of land and cultural destruction of indigenous people in America and everywhere else in the planet, the main theme of the Brazilian Sepultura’s songs.

You can hear these songs in youtube:

Nomad

Slave new world


and the videoclips of the most famous songs from this great album:

Refuse/Resist

Territory