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kevan krueger - burnt down olive trees lyrics

[monologue]
1948, the nakba, the catastrophe as it came to be known
zionist forces invaded hundreds of villages
and proclaimed palestinian land for the new state of israel
european zionists immigrated to this land
planting millions of foreign pine trees over the decades to come
concealing the crimes of the past
villages like al+lajjun and bayt jiz
were converted into forests and parks that resembled the european homes of these zionists

[intro]
ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, aye
let me tell you som’
let me tell you som’
let me tell you som’
let me tell you something
everyone
listen up

[chorus]
they burnt down olive trees
to plant their own seeds
cover up their sins
but they can’t survive this heat
burst into a ball of flames
made us do the walk of shame
but they don’t know this land
that’s why we still hold the keys
[verse 1]
strangers to the holy land
they trying to claim it like crusaders
claim it like the english
take it from the natives
this modern colonization
set to make it second nature, uh
but they don’t know the land
balfour declaration lead to surplus immigration
no man is illegal ’til he take land, segregate it
safe land during world war turned to permanent vacation
but their home is back in europe, we should help them to reclaim it

[verse 2]
keys to the past, the only key to the future
they believe it’s a birthright when all they’ve ever seen is new york
they like to read a book to say “we’re right, since b.c. we have claimed it”
well i say, “congratulations, you can give it back to canaan”
religion as justification, godd+mn
could we be more outdated? i can’t
believe the lack of critical thinking, we can go back and do a little thinking
palestinian jews coexisted for ages ’til zionists came, said it was theirs for the taking
roll over and submit, that was their expectation
76 years using resistance to explain the
war crimes after war crime, and apartheid and genocide, yes, genocide
(and we pretend to care about illegal immigration)
[chorus]
they burnt down olive trees (hmm, what a lie)
to plant their own seeds
cover up their sins
but they can’t survive this heat
burst into a ball of flames
made us do the walk of shame
but they don’t know this land
that’s why we still hold the keys
they burnt down olive trees (they burnt down olive trees)
to plant their own seeds (plant their own seeds)
cover up their sins (cover up their sins)
but they can’t survive this heat (they can’t survive this heat)
burst into a ball of flames (burst into a ball of flames)
made us do the walk of shame (made us do the walk of shame)
but they don’t know this land (they don’t know this land)
that’s why we still hold the keys

[verse 3]
if this was really your home, you wouldn’t disrespect the land
wouldn’t go bombing down buildings that after ages still stand
wouldn’t burn down the olive trees that grew from the sand
wouldn’t import your pine trees that burn on command
trying to recreate the alps but, no, try as you can
mother nature gon’ fight back until you understand
you can whitewash the history and greenwash the land
but you can’t wipe off the sh+t you did when there’s blood on your hands
[outro]
there’s blood on your hands
blood on your hands
blood on your hands
blood on that hand

- kevan krueger lyrics

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