Guernica

Noch ein youTube-Video? Genau... Dieses Mal ein Lied von Brand New, in dem Saenger Jesse (und ehemaliges Taking Back Sunday-Mitglied (Das erklaert den aehnlichen Sound)) die Krebserkrankung seines Grossvaters verarbeitet, von der er auf Tour erfahren hatte...

Guernica, so der Titel des Liedes, ist eigentlich ein Bild von Pablo Picasso, der damit einen deutschen Luftangriff auf die Stadt Gernika im spanischen Buergerkrieg thematisierte. Dieser Luftangriff gilt laut wikipedia als erstes Kriegsverbrechen der deutschen Wehrmacht.
Da es spaeter von britischer Seite hiess, der Angriff sei ein Konzept zur Erprobung der Terrorisierung einer Zivilbevoelkerung gewesen, koennte auch Saenger Jesse damit den sinnlosen Angriff von Krebs auf den Koerper seines Grossvaters gemeint haben. Alles nur Spekulation...

Trotz des ernsten Themas (vor allem die Textzeile: Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry? finde ich extrem bewegend...) ist das Lied eine schmissige Nummer, die fuer mich zurzeit das Lied der Stunde ist. Folgendes Video ist nicht das Originalvideo, sondern von irgendeinem Filmemacherstudent. Er machte es nach eigenen Angaben in einer Video Production Class. Mir geht es aber nur um die Musik:



Der Text:
Ever since I was young
your word is the word that always won
Worry and wake the ones you love

A phone call I’d rather not receive
Please use my body while I sleep
My lungs are fresh and yours to keep,
kept clean and they will let you breathe

Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry?
I am the watch you always wear, but you forget to wind

Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these,
so I sat alone and waited out the night
The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed
So I’m asking you to shine it on and stick around,
I’m not writing my goodbyes

I submit no excuse
If this is what I have to do
I owe you every day I wake

If I could I would shrink myself
and sink through your skin to your blood cells
Remove whatever makes you hurt, but I am too weak to be your cure

Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry?
I am the watch you always wear, but you forget to wind

Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these,
so I sat alone and waited out the night
The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed
So I’m asking you to shine it up and stick around
I’m not writing my goodbyes!

I’m not letting you check out
You will beat this starting now and you will always be around
I’m there to monitor your breathing
I will watch you while you’re sleeping
I will keep you safe and sound

Does anybody remember back when you were very young?
Did you ever think that you would be this blessed?

Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these,
so I sat alone and waited out the night
The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed
So I’m asking you to shine it on and stick around
I’m not writing my goodbyes

Bubb!
Chris