Guns N' Roses : " Civil war"

Le groupe : Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses (parfois abrégé GN'R ou GNR) est un groupe de hard rock américain formé en 1985 à Los Angeles. Composé du chanteur Axl Rose, des guitaristes Slash et Izzy Stradlin, du bassiste Duff McKagan et du batteur Steven Adler, le groupe est devenu en peu d'années l'un des groupes de hard rock les plus populaires, avec plus de 100 millions d'albums vendus dans le monde, dont 45 millions aux États-Unis.

Le groupe connaît un succès fulgurant avec son premier album, Appetite for Destruction (1987), qui s'est écoulé à près de 28 millions d'exemplaires à travers le monde ce qui en fait l'un des albums les plus vendus de l'histoire de la musique. Il a également été certifié 18 fois disque de Platine aux États-Unis. Il est considéré par beaucoup comme le meilleur album du groupe.

L'album : Use Your Illusion II

Use Your Illusion II est le quatrième album et le deuxième des deux disques sortis simultanément à la fin 1991 par le groupe de hard rock américain Guns N' Roses. Le premier s'appelait Use Your Illusion I. L'écriture de ces albums s'est échelonnée sur 2 ans, 1989 et 1990.

Musicalement, Use Your Illusion II diffère du premier volet (UYI I) par une ambiance globalement plus "progressive", avec des compositions longues et atmosphériques comme "Civil War" ou "Estranged", et les complexes "Breakdown" et "Locomotive".

Dès la première journée de la sortie de l'album, les ventes ont dépassé les 500 000 exemplaires. En effet, le disque est sorti dans les bacs à 0:00h et, en seulement 2 heures après, le disque atteignait déjà le demi-million d'exemplaires vendus.

La chanson : Civil War

Civil War est une chanson du groupe de hard rock américain Guns N' Roses présente dans l'album Use your illusion II en 1991. Elle est la seule chanson de l'album à être enregistré avec Steven Adler à la batterie. Ce dernier fut renvoyé du groupe après l'enregistrement de Civil War à cause de ses problèmes de drogues. Il sera remplacé par Matt Sorum en 1990.

Paroles et traduction de "Civil war"

Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they've always done before

Look at the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way we've always done before

My hands are tied
The billions shift from side to side
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
For the love of god and our human rights
And all these things are swept aside
By bloody hands time can't deny
And are washed away by your genocide
And history hides the lies of our civil wars

D'you wear a black armband
When they shot the man
Who said "peace could last forever"
And in my first memories
They shot Kennedy
I went numb when I learned to see
So I never fell for Vietnam
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
That you can't trust freedom
When it's not in your hands
When everybody's fightin'
For their promised land
And

I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
Ow, oh no, no, no, no, no

Look at the shoes you're filling
Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the world we're killing
The way we've always done before
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
Look at the leaders we've followed
Look at the lies we've swallowed
And I don't want to hear no more

My hands are tied
For all I've seen has changed my mind
But still the wars go on as the years go by
With no love of god or human rights
'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who carry the cross of homicide
And history bears the scars of our civil wars

I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
And I don't need your civil war
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no uh-oh-uh, no uh-oh, uh no
I don't need one more warI

Regardez ces jeunes hommes combattant !
Regardez ces femmes sanglotant !
Regardez ces jeunes hommes mourant !
Comme ils l'ont toujours fait auparavant !

Ressentez la haine que nous engendrons !
Ressentez la peur que nous nourrissons !
Ressentez les vies que nous menons,
Et poursuivons toujours de la même façon !

Je me sens impuissant,
Les milliards changent sans cesse de camp.
Les guerres continuent, cultivant la rancœur,
Pour les droits de l'homme ou l'amour du seigneur.
Et tous les peuples sont massacrés
Par des mains sanglantes que le temps ne peut laver.
Et pourtant, qu'il s'agisse de génocides ou d'exils,
L'histoire tait les horreurs de nos guerres civiles.

Dis-moi, portais-tu le deuil,
Alors qu'ils mettaient dans son cercueil
L'homme prétendant que la liberté n'allait jamais périr ?
Ils abattirent Kennedy dans mes premiers souvenirs,
Aussi je suis devenu insensible lorsque j'ai dû grandir.
Je ne suis jamais mort pour le Vietnam,
Le mur de Bengalore désole nos âmes.
On ne peut croire en la liberté
Quand la douleur nous brise,
Quand chacun veut tuer
Pour sa terre promise !

Et je ne veux plus de vos guerres civiles :
Elles ravagent les campagnes et incendient les villes.
Elles enterrent les pauvres et nourrissent les puissants.
Avides de pouvoir, vous vendez des innocents,
Sur un marché immense et indécent.
N'est-ce pas vil ?
Je ne veux plus de vos guerres civiles.

Regardez donc à vos pieds !
Regardez le sang que vous répandez !
Regardez la terre que vous détruisez,
Comme vous y avez toujours travaillé !

Pensez au doute dans lequel nous nous complaisons !
Regardez les leaders que nous suivons !
Entendez les mensonges que nous avalons !
Je ne veux plus que nous les écoutions !

Je me sens horrifié,
Car tout ce que j'ai vu m'a profondément changé.
Et pourtant la guerre continue, les larmes coulant des yeux,
Sans respect des droits de l'homme ou amour pour dieu.
Car tous les rêves sont lacérés
Par les mains sanglantes d'hommes conditionnés,
Qui portent la croix de leurs meurtres serviles,
Ainsi que les marques de nos guerres civiles.

Et je ne veux plus de vos guerres civiles,
Elles ravagent les campagnes et incendient les villes.
Elles enterrent les pauvres et nourrissent les puissants.
Avides de pouvoir, vous vendez des innocents,
Sur un marché immense et indécent.
N'est-ce pas vil ?
Je ne veux plus de vos guerres civiles.

Je ne veux pas d'une autre guerre.
De toute façon, qu'y a-t-il de civil dans la guerre ?

Analyse du texte

Lyrics:	Analysis:
"What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach... So, you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it! Well, he gets it! N' I don't like it any more than you men."	This first part is an excerpt from a speech given by actor Strother Martin playing a prison captain in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. It means that there is a failure in communicaition from the government to the people, leading to much anger and frustration in much of the American population.
Look at your young men fighting Look at your women crying Look at your young men dying The way they've always done before	This next part describes some of the negative effects of war, including the death of soldiers and the way their families have to deal with sending loved ones off to a dangerous place.
Look at the hate we're breeding Look at the fear we're feeding Look at the lives we're leading The way we've always done before	This next piece talks about how all the hate that comes from opposing sides with opposing beliefs. It also alludes to racism and the denial of human rights. There is also a strong fear that comes with the territory of war and what will happen to our world. 'The way we've always done before' refers to the fact that we never learn our lesson and war is a vicious cycle.
My hands are tied The billions shift from side to side And the wars go on with brainwashed pride For the love of God and our human rights And all these things are swept aside By bloody hands time can't deny And are washed away by your genocide	'My hands are tied' refers to feeling like you have no say or way to fight. The billions shifting side to side means the mass of people shuffling nervously, trying to decide what is the right thing to do and if they should act. Brainwashed pride refers to the way the government sugarcoats their actions by saying it is all in the name of freedom and we should be proud of our country. History hiding the lies refers to more cover up attmepts by government and people.
D'you wear a black armband When they shot the man Who said "Peace could last forever" And in my first memories They shot Kennedy I went numb when I learned to see So I never fell for Vietnam We got the wall of Deceased to remind us all That you can't trust freedom When it's not in your hands When everybody's fightin' For their promised land	The first three lines are referring to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. The black armband was a silent protest for peace worn by many Americans throughout the country. The next lines describe lead singer Axl Rose's blurry memories of the John F. Kennedy assassinations as a young kid. Never falling to Vietnam refers to not falling for the government's lies and refusing to support the war. The wall of Deceased is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
And I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor You're power hungry, sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh I don't need your civil war Look at the shoes your filling Look at the blood we're spilling Look at the world we're killing The way we've always done before Look in the doubt we've wallowed Look at the leaders we've followed Look at the lies we've swallowed And I don't want to hear no more My hands are tied For all I've seen has changed my mind But still the wars go on as the years go by With no love of God or human rights 'Cause all these dreams are swept aside By bloody hands of the hypnotized Who carry the cross of homicide And history bears the scars of our civil wars	This next part talks about how war brings about so much death and destruction. 'The shoes you're filling' refers to the evil, disastrous footsteps we have to follow in. 'The doubt we've wallowed' refers to how people know that horrible things are going on but just go along with it. We've also had to follow some very corrupt and secretive leaders. We 'swallowed' the lies they fed us to believe that everything was okay, like in Vietnam. The entire American public was lied to by the president about the state in Vietnam.
"WE PRACTICE SELECTIVE ANNIHILATION OF MAYORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR EXAMPLE TO CREATE A VACUUM THEN WE FILL THAT VACUUM AS POPULAR WAR ADVANCES PEACE IS CLOSER"	This is a speech by a Peruvian militant General. He is talking about killing those corrupt leaders who want nothing but destruction and replacing them with a more peaceful situation. 'Popular war' is the war waged against those well-known officials and their supporters. We must take down the leader to start all over again.
I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor You're power hungry, sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh And I don't need your civil war I don't need your civil war I don't need your civil war You're power hungry, sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh I don't need your civil war I don't need one more war	Fun fact: The whistling heard at the beginning of the song is an American Civil War Song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
I don't need one more war What's so civil 'bout war, anyway?	What is civil about war? Absolutely nothing. So it is very ironic that some wars are given the title 'Civil War.'