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This is a song of hope for the Palestinians in Gaza, composed and performed by Michael Heart Copyright 2009. http://www.michaelheart.com/ The song MP3 is available for download at: http://michaelheart.com/Song_for_Gaza.html Facebook group "We will not go down" (Song for Gaza); http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47829126330&ref=mf Michael Heart @ MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/michaelheartmusic ---------------------------------------- "We will not go down" Lyrics: A blinding flash of white light Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight People running for cover Not knowing whether they're dead or alive They came with their tanks and their planes With ravaging fiery flames And nothing remains Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze We will not go down In the night, without a fight You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools But our spirit will never die We will not go down In Gaza tonight Women and children alike Murdered and massacred night after night While the so-called leaders of countries afar Debated on who's wrong or right But their powerless words were in vain And the bombs fell down like acid rain But through the tears and the blood and the pain You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze We will not go down In the night, without a fight You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools But our spirit will never die We will not go down In Gaza tonight We will not go down In the night, without a fight You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools But our spirit will never die We will not go down In the night, without a fight We will not go down In Gaza tonight ---------------------------------------- UPDATE 22 January 2009 ---------------------------------------- We will not go down still going up two weeks on Following unprecedented public support, Michael Hearts Song for Gaza - We will not go down- continues to spread globally, two weeks after it was posted online. As of today, January 22, there are: * Over 700,000 views on YouTube * Over 250,000 downloads of mp3 * Over 10,000 emails, comments and messages of support It has been, and continues to be, played on radio stations and television channels in several countries, and it was chanted in demonstrations and rallies all over the globe, with several available online. It has been translated into a dozen languages and subtitled on numerous clips. More than 100 new clips have been made with We will not go down by people all over the world, and thousands of websites have uploaded the clip and posted the lyrics. Many people have written to confirm they had donated to UNRWA, as requested by the artist after download of the song for free. Most importantly, We will not go down has reached people in Gaza, who took advantage of rare moments of electricity access to send Michael emails full of touching and inspiring messages, describing their feelings of hope and determination when hearing the song. Michael Heart has received numerous media requests for interviews the world over; the ones he has given will be posted on his website as they get published. For any information about the artist, please visit http://michaelheart.com/Michael_Heart_Bio.html. ---------------------------------------- [More] [Less] |
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