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The Spirit of Total Resistance

by Herb Dee

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I was sitting on this song for a while and I guessed it was the right time to release it rather than two years down the line. It's missing drums but the beat is still there and the message is the same.

I first saw "The Spirit of Total Resistance" on a mural in a squat bar in Berlin in the mid 90s and I reckon there are still parts of the world where the youth hold out against tyranny.

Herb

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The Spirit of Total Resistance

There's a riot squad in the old part of town,
Killing dissent while the people drown.
A kid throws a brick through a window,
Cos his daddy was shot a day ago.

Oh, they wish them good riddance,
Oh, the dream of complete existence,
Oh, the hope in the distance,
Oh, the spirit of total resistance!

There's a teenage girl sitting in a cell,
She just wanted out of a living hell.
And her grandma is waiting in the hall,
Hoping and praying for the regime to fall.

Oh, they wish them good riddance,
Oh, the dream of complete existence,
Oh, the hope in the distance,
Oh, the spirit of total resistance!

Today's another day on the newswire,
The number of dead is getting higher and higher.
And Biden's far away, safe and sound,
I don't think he could fathom being beat on the ground.

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released February 27, 2022
Herb Dee, Brian Kenealy

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