The Pianist's Suicide
I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor
That's not my business
I don't want to rule or conquer anyone
I should like to help everyone if possible
Jew, Gentile, Black Man, White
We all want to help one another
Human beings are like that
We want to live by each other's happiness
Not by each other's misery
We don't want to hate and despise one another
And this world has room for everyone
And the good Earth is rich and can provide for everyone
The way of life can be free and beautiful
But we have lost the way
Greed has poisoned men's souls
Has barricaded the world with hate
Has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed
We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in
Machinery that gives us abundance has left us in want
Our knowledge has made us cynincal
Our cleverness, hard and unkind
We think too much and feel too little
More than machinery, we need humanity
More that cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness
Without these qualities life will be violent and all will be lost
Even now, my voice is reaching millions throughout the world
Millions of despairing men, women, and little children
Victims of a system that makes men torture
And imprison innocent people
To those who can hear me, I say, do not despair
The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed
The bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die
And the power they took from the people will return to the people
And so long as men die, liberty will never perish
Men who despise you, enslave you, who regiment your lives
Tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel
Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder
Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men
Machine men with machine minds and machine hearts!
You are not machines
You are not cattle
You are men
You have the love of humanity in your hearts
You don't hate
Only the unloved hate
The Kingdom of God is within man
Not one man nor a group of men, but in all men
In you
You, the people have the power
The power to create machines
The power to create happiness
You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful
To make this life a wonderful adventure
Let us all unite
Let us fight for a new world, a decent world
They lie
They do not fulfill that promise
They never will
Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people
Now let us fight to fulfill that promise
Let us fight to free the world
To do away with national barriers
To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance
Let us fight for a world of reason
A world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness
Let us all unite
That's not my business
I don't want to rule or conquer anyone
I should like to help everyone if possible
Jew, Gentile, Black Man, White
We all want to help one another
Human beings are like that
We want to live by each other's happiness
Not by each other's misery
We don't want to hate and despise one another
And this world has room for everyone
And the good Earth is rich and can provide for everyone
The way of life can be free and beautiful
But we have lost the way
Greed has poisoned men's souls
Has barricaded the world with hate
Has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed
We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in
Machinery that gives us abundance has left us in want
Our knowledge has made us cynincal
Our cleverness, hard and unkind
We think too much and feel too little
More than machinery, we need humanity
More that cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness
Without these qualities life will be violent and all will be lost
Even now, my voice is reaching millions throughout the world
Millions of despairing men, women, and little children
Victims of a system that makes men torture
And imprison innocent people
To those who can hear me, I say, do not despair
The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed
The bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die
And the power they took from the people will return to the people
And so long as men die, liberty will never perish
Men who despise you, enslave you, who regiment your lives
Tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel
Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder
Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men
Machine men with machine minds and machine hearts!
You are not machines
You are not cattle
You are men
You have the love of humanity in your hearts
You don't hate
Only the unloved hate
The Kingdom of God is within man
Not one man nor a group of men, but in all men
In you
You, the people have the power
The power to create machines
The power to create happiness
You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful
To make this life a wonderful adventure
Let us all unite
Let us fight for a new world, a decent world
They lie
They do not fulfill that promise
They never will
Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people
Now let us fight to fulfill that promise
Let us fight to free the world
To do away with national barriers
To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance
Let us fight for a world of reason
A world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness
Let us all unite
Credits
Writer(s): Kevin Widhalm
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