septiembre 13, 2007

Prevent This Tragedy

En 1993, tres jóvenes (Jessie Misskelley, Jason Baldwin y Damien Echols) fueron arrestados por cometer tres asesinatos. ¿La evidencia? Ninguna. ¿Su condena? Escuchar heavy metal, leer novelas de Stephen King y la creencia de que realizaban cultos satánicos.

Hoy, siguen encarcelados, uno de ellos esperando cumplir su sentencia de muerte.



¿A cuántos no juzgan ignorantemente bajo el adjetivo "satánico"? Injusticias como ésta pueden prevenirse con un poco de información y tolerancia.
Dos miembros de Alkaline Trio pertenecen a la Iglesia de Satán y escribieron una canción al respecto:
Prevent this tragedy
Here we are again with handguns for hearts
They had a master plan, wanted to tear us apart
Nothing to hold, all hope deleted
Our demise has been completed now
Nowhere left to go but down

The flames of hell they give me hope, I drown
In oceans of this tragic part of town
Where nothing's heard for miles but the sound
Of children wishing they were safely underground

We are the walking dead, we hold this ghost in our arms
We take our daily breath and thank our unlucky stars
Tried to get by on bread and water
Craving blood poured from the alter now
Not much left to do but drown

In flames of miscommunication, down
Then out and off in search of someone proud
To translate what we truly dream about
As we lay in this bed thinking out loud

I'm screaming uncle, mercy me
And my broken telepathy
For I'm left with nothing but this bloodless riverbank
West Memphis, please
I'm begging you to stop praying for me!

Down
The flames of hell they give me hope, I drown
In oceans of this tragic part of town
Where nothing's heard for miles but the sound
Of children wishing they were safely underground

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