National Education Week
Global Reflections: 10,000 Maniacs Unveils Thought-Provoking Anthem
Lyrics
Honor salute and speak
Honoring, saluting, and speaking.
To the corner standing flag
Referring to a flag in the corner.
Do you remember how the days of school were
Reflecting on the past days of school.
Indivisible separate worlds
Noting the division between individuals and separate worlds.
Compare contrast
Highlighting the act of comparing and contrasting.
These dreams absurd
Referring to dreams as absurd.
Placid classroom faces
Describing calm and composed faces in the classroom.
Breathe in the features
Observing and absorbing facial features.
Of a demographics death map trilogy
Mentioning a trilogy related to the demographics of death maps.
Children read them well
Children understanding and interpreting well.
Not to bury three of four sons
Not to lose three or four sons, akin to the ideals of chivalry.
As the likes of chivalry
Emphasizing the importance of chivalry.
Not to take six of thirty bills
Avoiding the sacrifice of six out of thirty bills.
To manufacture Corpus Christi
Highlighting the cost of manufacturing Corpus Christi.
And so you think it can be so serene
Expressing the belief in the possibility of serenity.
History's most intolerable famine
Referring to history's most intolerable famine.
Has clutched our global tranquility
Exploring the impact of famine on global tranquility.
Reaped the lives of children
Describing the consequences of famine on children's lives.
Maladies collaborate
Noting the collaboration of maladies with cyclic despair.
With cyclic despair
Emphasizing the recurring nature of despair.
Infanticide clamors to twenty times more
Highlighting the increased instances of infanticide.
In fourth and fifth worlds
Referring to the situation in fourth and fifth worlds.
The poor have always been
Acknowledging the enduring presence of poverty.
Beside us
Noting that the poor are always beside and amid us.
Amid us
Emphasizing the enduring nature of death.
Death has always been
Stating that death has always been present.
As million cease fifteen million that's an annual reap
Highlighting the annual toll of millions of lives lost.
Add divide multiply sum forty one thousand!
Performing a mathematical operation on the number of lives lost.
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