L'Insomniaque

You're already dead

Je reproduis ici les paroles d'une chanson de Crass qui s'applique bien à la dynamique dans laquelle les manifestations "Non à la guerre, Oui à la paix" s'inscrivent.

You're already dead. 1983.

Pacified. Classified. Keep in line. You're doing fine. Lost your voice? There aint no choice. Play the game. Silent and tame. Be the passive observer, sit back and look at the world they destroyed and the peace that they took. Ask no questions hear no lies and you'll be living in the comfort of a fool's paradise. You're already dead....

If you're the passive observer, here's a message for you... You're already dead. Afraid to do what you know you should do.. You're already dead. The world's at the edge of nuclear destruction, but you're too afraid to make the connection. You still believe the system's there for your protection... You're already dead.

By letting it happen without a fight... You're already dead. With your endless debates about wrong and right... You're already dead. Nothing's going to change if you're not prepared to act, there's no point complaining after the fact, content to be a number, branded X and neatly packed... You're already dead.

Four hundred thousand people marched for CND... They're already dead, unless they're willing to act on what they see... They're already dead. If each and every one of us was prepared to fight for more, to stand against the system that creates the need for war, the elite would have to run like it's never run before... They're already dead.

We don't need organising or politicians being patronising. We don't need leadership, trendy lefties being hip. Don't need their condescension or their back to the roots pretension. We've heard it all before, politicians saying 'no more war', pulling wool accross our eyes. We don't need their dangerous lies. We don't accept capitulation, it's just manipulation. They want the smooth without the rough, but words and gestures aren't enough. We've got to learn to reject all leaders and the passive shit they feed us..They're already dead.

If you think moderation's going to pave the way to peace... You're already dead. What good moderation 'gainst the army and police?' You're already dead. We're not promoting mindless violence, keep that for the fools, we're simply saying be prepared to break their laws and rules, let them know the bigger they come, the harder they will fall...They're already dead.

If they're going to play it dirty, so are we... They're already dead. They can keep their lies about the land of the free...They're already dead. We've allowed them too often to use their iron fist, but there's one little detail they appear to have missed... You don't have to be PASSIVE just because you're a PACIFISCT... They're already dead.

They'll try to sell their system like it's some kind of age-old wisdom, but we've been had like that before. it's just the rich exploiting the poor. Well here's an honest confession, we think it's time they learnt a lesson. They've tried to hold the people down, but we've simply gone underground, moving in the darkness looking for the light, looking for a future and ready to fight. Looking for freedom that's been denied, fast to attack and fast to hide. In a world where the people can't make it.they've simply got to learn to break it and if the wealthy aren't prepared to shake it...OK, we'll simply have to take it... You're already dead.