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Suicide in B Minor

from Suicide In B Minor by Whispers In Crimson

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This is about why a person becomes so frustrated with life that he feels he can commit suicide based on the only thing that is left for him in this world, namely his belief and faith.
This is by no means to justify any act of violence, no matter what ideology or belief lies behind it.
The idea behind this song comes from how politics have failed to restore peace in the Middle East.
This song is about a Palestinian shepherd who comes home one day to find his family being slaughtered by the enemy.

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Lyrics:

There’s a light in the room that shines on me.
There’s a fight on the street that concerns me.
When the light is off my shadow might be gone,
but my soul and my body will still live on.
When the sun comes up, there’ll be no shadow of a fight.
Just bloody, blue, bodies that died to prove right.

Chorus:
Let them see, there will be rules with no Saracen sword.
Promised Land’s made by hand, not by the mighty Lord.
What’s the difference? An illusion, two different names.
God or Allah, what’s the difference? It’s just another game.

The battle rages on, what’s on your mind?
As long as these chains are on for the last in line,
there’ll be fire, there’ll be flame, hunger and pain.
Where there’s fire, I’ll be water and I’ll extinguish flame.
Where there’s thirst, I’ll be water and I will quench the thirst of the sane. What is, what is this game?

You’ll never find the answer, you’ll never realize what you’ve been told since birth, is nothing but a sacred lie.
Who tells you what is right? Who tells you what is wrong?
Those you defeat today, tomorrow may be strong.
(Then) in a land where you reigned once, submission’s your reaction. And a turn of a nasty card, bloodshed’s their satisfaction.

Chorus:
Let them see, there will be rules with no Saracen sword.
Promised Land’s made by hand, not by the mighty Lord.
What’s the difference? An illusion two different names.
God or Allah, what’s the difference? It’s just another game.

There once was a boy, who lived for the stars, asking everyone, what’s on planet Mars?
Took his goat to the hills and he would daydream.
Coming back one day he heard his family scream.
Now the man’s not a boy anymore since innocence died.
Apathy’s not his life anymore. The word is suicide.

There’s a fight on the street that concerns me.
There’s a man in the crowd that frightens me.
He is dark, serene, irrational and mean.
When he strikes, in his chest I see the wire, as they scream.
Hatred goes on and on, until it never ends.
It’s a lose-lose affair, you lose both foes and friends.

credits

from Suicide In B Minor, released June 26, 2014
Amirali Nourbakhsh: All guitars
Herbie Langhans: Vocals
Jalal Gholami: Bass
Abolkhanjeh Fatmeshekanjeh: Drums
Mohsen Yousefi: Keyboards

Written by Amirali Nourbakhsh
Arrangement by Amirali Nourbakhsh, Hadi Kiani and Mohsen Yousefi

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Whispers In Crimson Tehran, Iran

The tracks on Whispers in Crimson’s first album, Suicide in B Minor, reflect the political mindset of the band’s founder, Amirali Nourbakhsh.
He was 13 when the Islamic Revolution took place in Iran overthrowing the Shah. As a son of an American-Iranian trained naval officer under the Shah’s regime, he witnessed how the 1979 revolution changed his life overnight.
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