"Lament for Romania" genre: Folk
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	CD: Refugee   Label: Tremulant Records Credits: Kyle Knapp - Guitar & Vocals, Aaron Fuening - Violin, Joe Knapp - Percussion, Lou Sinos - Accordion
	Story Behind the Song While helping my wife do research for a college geography paper, I read a magazine article about Eastern Europe, and the conditions discovered there after the fall of the iron curtain. What I read appalled me - stories of torture, oppression, rape, disease and poverty, in some of the most polluted land on the planet. My heart broke, and I stayed up all night crying for these wounded people. Lament for Romania came out of those tears. Lyrics What has become of the laughter of the gypsies? Or the tillers of the soil in their simplicity? Did a faithless lover's promise leave your hope undone when a veil of iron blotted out the sun? I've seen a desecrated land where all that should be green is black And the Danube is no longer blue And the children choke in homage, in the incense of the smokestacks, To the gods of unrelenting rule Romania! In a world that killed your fathers, Crucified your land and sky, poisoned all the water, Sold you into bondage, took away your will to live, Can you find the grace to heal and to forgive? Romania! We live our peaceful Western lives, disinclined to face the tears of our kindred in their woe. We ignore the voiceless victims of utopia gone awry, Is the friend worse than the foe? Romania! In a world that raped your daughters, Crucified your land and sky, poisoned all the water, Sold you into bondage, took away your will to live, Can you find the grace to heal and to forgive? Romania! My heart is with you, but do you dare receive my love After decades filled with promises and lies? Oh my brave and broken people, can your ancient pain be healed? Is there justice for the orphans of the world? Romania! With your wounded sons and daughters, Is there enough left to rebuild? Did you survive the slaughter? While your struggle is unwon, until you live in peace, I will plead your cause to Heaven on my knees! Romania!

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