The Camp

PJ Harvey

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Traduzione parziale delle strofe cantate in arabo da Ramy Essam In...

THE CAMP I saw children through a fence Standing by blue canvas tents I called to them, they move like ghosts Gliding silent and remote A girl who smiled was a straight lie Looked like a creature out of time A grey boy burned by cigarettes Pushed his scarred hands through the fence When I turned, and tried to run I saw ten thousand children Were laid in lines wrapped in white sheets Along a godforsaken street [Verse 2: Ramy Essam] .... I prayed an angel from the clouds Would free the children, free them, oh oh I prayed and waited for an age I waited but no angel came I prayed an angel from the clouds Would free the children, free them, oh oh I prayed and waited for an age I waited but no angel came I prayed an angel from the clouds Would free the children, free them, oh oh I prayed and waited for an age I waited but no angel came I prayed an angel from the clouds Would free the children, free them, oh oh I prayed and waited for an age I waited but no angel came I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came

THE CAMP I wish I had wings to fly away, far away. Meet smiley faces who never ask where I came from; not to ask about colour, race, or religion. What difference does it make if we’re all humans? No wars, no limits, no borders. Earth is everyone’s right.