Song for Love and Peace
Released Januar 2018
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Genre Songwriter
EDITION_DATE 2018
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Die wesentliche Botschaft dieses Songs von Ritsch Heart findet sich in der 1. Strophe:

"People ‘round the world share the same desire,
food and freedom, peace and love, a warm place by the fire.
All you need is love, share our inspiration,
the brotherhood of man bridges all religion."

Eigentlich sehnen sich alle Menschen seit Urzeiten bis heute nach 5 Dingen, wohl auch in dieser Reihenfolge:

  • Zugang zu den rein physisch notwendigen Lebensgrundlagen, wie Essen und Trinken ("food"),
  • physische und geistige Freiheit, bis hin zu Freiheit von Glaube, Meinung, Wirken und Kunst ("freedom"),
  • in Frieden zu Leben frei von körperlicher und seelischer Gewalt ("peace")
  • und Liebe, Freundschaft und Lebensfreude, ja auch Sex ("love")
  • und Geborgenheit in einer Gruppe oder Gesellschaft ("a warm place by the fire").

Ritsch Heart beschwört die Ideale der Hippie-Bewegung, die von einer bunten, friedlichen und gerechten Welt träumten, in der jeder Mensch, ja jedes Wesen seinen Platz hat und sein Glück finden kann, in der die Brüderlichkeit aller Menschen alle Religionen und Ideologien überwindet ("bridges all religion"). Es mag manchem naiv erscheinen, angesichts des zunehmenden, fanatischem Fundamentalismus aller Coleur, der zu zahllosen Konflikten und Kriegen in dieser Welt führt, wodurch genau obigige 5 Dinge zerstört werden. Dennoch er bleibt dabei:

Krieg darf kein Mittel der Politik sein ("We don't believe in war"),
nur mit Liebe und Kooperation können wir die Zukunft positiv gestalten ("We believe in love").

Er verpackt das in ein Lied mit einfacher, aber doch nicht ganz trivialer Melodie.
Ein Lied, das sich an Menschen auf der ganzen Welt richtet und das er nicht zuletzt deshalb in englischer Sprache singt.

 

 

Song for Love and Peace

Verse 1:

                         C                                         D                                         G7                                       C

                         People ‘round the       world                               share the same             desire,

                         C                                         D                                         G7                                       C

                         food and freedom,     peace and love, a        warm place by the       fire.

                         C                                         am                                      F                                          G          

                         All you need is              love,                                 share our inspi-            ration,

                         C                                         D                                         G7                                       C           

the                  brotherhood of            man                                   bridges all                       religion.

                         C                                         am                                      F                                          G          

                         Making love not           war,                                   share our inspi-            ration,

                         C                                         D                                         G7                                       C           

that the         brotherhood of            man is                               more than just              illusion.

 

Verse 2:

                         C                                         D                                         G7                                       C

                         People ‘round the       world                                standing all to-              gether,

                         C                                         D                                         G7                                       C

                         singing a song for        love and peace –                    nothing else        matters.

                         C                                         am                                      F                                          G

                         All you need is              love,                                  share our inspi-            ration,

                         C                                         D                                         G7                                       C

the                  brotherhood of            man                                   bridges all                       religion.

                         C                                         am                                      F                                          G

                         Making love not           war,                                   share our inspi-            ration,

                         C                                         D                                         G7                                       C

that the         brotherhood of            man is                               more than just              illusion.

 

Refrain, part 1:

                         C                                         am                                      F                                          G

                         I sing a song for            you, of                              good old hippie            days,

                         C                                         am                                      em                                      G

                         when we used to         sing                                    songs about our            dreams.

                         C                                         am                                      F                                          G

The                  dream could come      true –                                people let us                 sing

                         C                                         am                                      em                                      C

                         songs about our           dreams,                           songs for love and       peace.

 

Refrain, part 2:

                         em                                     C                                         em                                      C

                         Sing a song for              love,                                 sing a song for               peace

                         em                                     C                                         em                                      C

|: For we       don’t believe in           war, we                            believe in love and     peace!   :|

 

 

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