Bloodlust
Bloodlust: Sacred Sites Defiled
Lyrics
"The spirit world is everything"
The spirit world holds immense significance.
You desecrate our sacred sites
You show disrespect towards our holy places.
And then you called it your "new frontier"
After violating our sacred places, you claim them as your own new territory.
Every destruction has a consequence: physically, mentally, and spiritually
Consequences arise from every act of destruction, impacting the physical, mental, and spiritual realms.
You disturbed the spirit world, and now we fear what is to come
Your disruption of the spirit world instills fear about future repercussions.
Our blood created these sites through tradition and prayer
Our heritage and spirituality are deeply ingrained in these places through our blood, traditions, and prayers.
We were charged through our creator to ensure our sites are never disturbed
We have a responsibility assigned by our creator to protect these sacred sites.
Defending against greed and atrocity; an invisible evil that we can't see
We defend against unseen malevolence rooted in greed and inhumanity.
Spiritually, chemically contaminated
Spiritually and chemically tainted or polluted.
Our sacred sites will always be viewed as just a "piece of land"
Our revered sites are reduced merely to pieces of land, disregarding their sanctity.
With a "superstition" over it
They're dismissed as superstitions, disregarding their significance.
Imminent threats to our sacred sites, religious and cultural values
These places face immediate threats endangering our religious and cultural values.
Bloodlust, Bloodlust
A chant or call for intense desire for bloodshed or revenge.
Ripped apart like an open wound
A comparison to being torn apart like a severe wound.
Forced migration and land dispossession
Forced displacement from our lands and dispossession of territory.
Lands of the North, Central, and the South
Regions from the North, Central, and South are affected.
Broken treaties and acts of genocide
Refers to broken agreements and deliberate extermination of our people.
Our ancestors created these sites through tradition and prayer
Our predecessors established these sites through customary practices and prayers.
Now they lay in ruins, and gone is our connection to them
These sites are now destroyed, severing our connection to our heritage.
You disturbed the spirit world and we fear how the world will now suffer
The disruption of the spirit world raises concerns about global suffering.
Our knowledge was heard by your deaf ears
Your refusal to acknowledge our knowledge and wisdom.
Our prayers were seen by your blind eyes
Your inability to see or appreciate our prayers.
Our culture will always be "fantasy" through your ignorant minds
Our culture is belittled and misunderstood as mere fiction by your ignorance.
Desecrating the sacred
Disrespecting what's held sacred.
Ripped apart like an open wound
A repetition emphasizing the severe tearing apart akin to an open wound.
300 years. 400 tribes
Reference to a prolonged period and numerous indigenous groups affected.
99 percent of ancestral lands lost
An overwhelming loss of ancestral lands, almost reaching totality.
Desecrated
A repetition emphasizing the desecration and disrespect.
We fear how the world will now suffer
The fear of widespread suffering as a consequence of the disturbance caused.
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