From 1954–75, a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. At the heart of the conflict was the desire of North Vietnam, which had defeated the French colonial administration of Vietnam in 1954, to unify the entire country under a single communist regime modeled after those of the Soviet Union and China. The South Vietnamese government, on the other hand, fought to preserve a Vietnam more closely aligned with the West. U.S. military advisers, present in small numbers throughout the 1950s, were introduced on a large scale beginning in 1961, and active combat units were introduced in 1965. By 1969 more than 500,000 U.S. military personnel were stationed in Vietnam.
On 4 April 1967 Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his seminal speech at Riverside Church condemning the Vietnam War. Declaring “my conscience leaves me no other choice,” King described the war’s deleterious effects on both America’s poor and Vietnamese peasants and insisted that it was morally imperative for the United States to take radical steps to halt the war through nonviolent means. In early 1968, another speech was given that truly called into question the motives behind the war. His Assassination took place shortly thereafter.
A quote, which served as a strong motivation and inspiration for the lyrics, is as follows;
We must move passed indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.
-Martin Luther King, Jr., "Conscience and the Vietnam War," The Trumpet of Conscience, 1968
lyrics
V1
We seek the path .... to the fortress of solitude To see the dangers .... beyond a soil feud The tear-stained eyes now, blur the disease Born In the aftermath, screams for peace
Bridge 1
Falling, into a trap of our own making Ignoring, the pain in our neglecting
CHORUS
The tree tops sway, As force comes down upon them Debris now frayed, As hate befalls forsaken The wind and rain,
Collide with indecision The searing pain, Of fates retribution
V2
We seek the path....in our visions of magnitude To face the daggers... Hidden in the truth We are the muse For self-abuse Interlude Scattered moments that define imagery Events now collapse into a journaled decree Document and ledger now chronicle the fall Of the human right to fail and accept fault
Bridge 2 There is no way to prepare For the breaking of illusion
INTRODUCTION:
"Unto the Wolves" is an online Metal project with one goal in mind, to inspire tolerance and acceptance of all races, religious beliefs, and cultures.
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