United For Neda (Divided We Fall) Amazing Tune, Powerful Message, Disturbing Images

Susan notes: this is a tragic, yet moving rallying cry for people of peace around the world to stand together against violence, in Iran and wherever else in the world it continues to create innocent victims.

I love the music and the lyrics. I am sickened by the violent and bloody images, the likes of which I normally wouldn’t post on AWR.  But the message is so powerful, I felt compelled to make an exception.

From the YouTube description: Mams Taylor produced and wrote United For Neda after he saw video footage of the young demonstrator shot and killed by the Basji during the Iranian crackdown in June. He brought together Irans most elite entertainers, poets, thinkers, actors and singers in one harmonious voice pleading for freedom, featuring three of Irans most iconic singers Dariush, Satar and Morteza. If you believe in human rights for Iran and for the world, download the song and share it with your friends.

…Iran where authorities prepare to crack down on anyone who defies the direct order from supreme leader to stop the protests...Bloodshed on the streets of Iran, at least seven people are reported to have been shot…By the thousands...
[…]
Neda
[Be strong]
This one goes up (?) to you
[…]

Oh Lord, another day goes by and I pray that they all stay strong
And try to make it through the (ache of a pain ?) and the lies
And make it through another day there without dying
Politicians controlling our minds
What we even voted for if they’re makin’ up our minds for us
Man, they must be thinkin’ that we’re blind
But they opened up our eyes for us
This is about time that we stand up, stand up, gotta move aligned
What they didn’t realize is they really just united us
Yeah, they use religion as disguise but my country …
This is something they can’t hide from us

[Chorus]
We’re not fighting for our rights
We’re just fighting for what’s right
Global freedom, but it’s like
Now the day turns into night
… people dying/talking
... through it all
United we’ll stand
And divided we’ll fall

Damn, another day goes by again and it hurts
‘Cause all that I can do is grab this pen, a pen!
And hope that ... write
And it begins to open people’s eyes up to what’s been happening all throughout the world
Guns fire and Neda, bless her soul
Now it’s time to stand up and seize control
And I’m talking to the human race as a whole
Time to stand up stand up gotta move aligned
What they didn’t realize is they really just united us
Yeah, they use religion as disguise but my contry ...
This is something they can’t hide from us
[Chorus]

[Persian]

Anybody … (here was crying), … (as much as Neda) afraid of dying
… freedom, stay strong …
Anybody …, … afraid of dying
… freedom, stay strong …
Anybody …, … afraid of dying
… freedom, just stay strong …

[Chorus] x2
[Persian]
[Chorus]

[Obama:] But let us remember the words that were written by the poet Saadi,
so many years ago:
"The children of Adam are limbs to each other,
having been created of one essence."
With the coming of a new season, we're reminded of this precious humanity
that we all share.
And we can once again call upon this spirit
as we seek the promise of a new beginning.