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Music by todd nichols, glen phillips and toad. lyrics by glen phillips.
Here, I need your help
Deliver me from myself
Take me where I’m wanted
Or make me someone else
Never mind what they said
Forget about the things you read
It was something you’ll never know
Never see, never understand
Just leave it now if you can
Tell me
When they come for you
Who will there be to speak
And when they come for you
Who will there be left to speak for you?
The final solution’s back in style
We are the ones letting it ride
I never knew we were so blind
Amnesia in comfort, so unkind
Tell me
When they come for you
Who will there be to speak
And when they come for you
Who will there be left to speak for you?
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Click here to write your
comments about this poem (Amnesia by
Toad The Wet Sprocket
)
Brian Gustafson
(9/29/2008 11:58:00 PM)
To me, this is one of the most important songs that Toad The Wet Sprocket ever recorded.
When I hear this song, I hear a person who witnessed the Holocaust from an innocent, nationalist perspective...not unlike anyone today who places sole trust in the politics we know now.
I have visited Dachau in person. When I spent time in Germany, I was told not to mention the town in any conversations with the local people...they would only deny its very existence, even though it was only a few miles from Munich.
I understand the societal implications of a country trying to recover from an evil regime...and this song captures the feelings and emotions of a people who did everything they could to block out the atrocities that were committed in their name, even if it really wasn't their name.
Simply put, no one wanted to believe any of it. It couldn't have happened...and for many people, it was easier to ignore the past and bury it with the rest of the war.
And yet, this song doesn't take the easy way out. It refuses to allow anyone, American or European, to rationalize what happened in that awful time. It references the post-Nazi era of skinheads that terrorize minorities even today. It reminds us all too well that if we don't remember the past, it will be repeated.
For being brave enough to put these thoughts into a rock song, I applaud the band. Only Toad could have managed to pack this kind of message into a seemingly innocent song, and to this day I'm surprised at the lack of discussion this has generated.
I hope that this post spurs others to think about what this song means. By learning from the past, we can prevent it from happening again.
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