Konstantin Wecker - Revolution - Songs an einem Sommerabend 2015 - Respotted HD

Konstantin Wecker performing "Songs on a Summer Evening 2015" in front of Banz Abbey in Bad Staffelstein on Friday, July 3rd and Saturday, July 4th, 2015, with Cynthia Nickschas, Fany Kammerlander, Jo Barnikel, Jens Fischer, and the Bavarian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Mark Mast. Released on the album "Ohne Warum" (Without Why) 2015 This video is for entertainment purposes only. Please support the artists by buying their music. Lyrics: It's high time, friends, to take stock, don't worry - not to run away, but just to ask, every now and then, where I stand, where I am. Over forty years sweating in public, often fiercely in the past, now often with a sly grin, wonderful nights with all of you, even in far too cold multi-purpose halls, glorious concerts full of joy, no one can take those from us, they come back a thousandfold. What has happened all these years, and what mess has this car driven into? Remember the concerts for peace, where have the hundreds of thousands gone, when we still stood against the erosion of all rights, which we fought so hard for against powers that seemed stronger back then, than we wanted to admit in those years? Is it really possible that only banks and corporations have the final say, and we gladly listen to their promises and lies, because it's easier to submit, then you can continue to hide and reach for any blanket when needed? What has happened? How could it come to this? Have we been deprived of every right to have a say? Many live in excess and lock themselves away, and will soon be more than superfluous. That's why they protect themselves with private armies. They have stopped feeling and seeing. The lust for power has robbed them of everything that a person clings to, what they believe in, what they carry deep in their heart with longing, especially when their last hour strikes, when they know nothing can be transferred, only on the stock market is it worthwhile to greed. Now they are naked, all that remains is a last shirt, and they leave existence uncombed. I'd gladly let them keep their wealth, the fancy cars and their loud revelry, but unfortunately they buy up our earth and our land with ostentatious displays, and spread out in the most beautiful spots, and rob those who have long shared the land with others the right to remain there, just because they are poorer, often lose out, and don't speculate with food. And believe me, friends - should I not live to see it, then I will gladly pass it on to my children: Be vigilant, brave, be ready, we must dispossess this pack in its time! Oh, let's not give a damn about everything they promise us, about obedience, about so-called duty, what we want is not a minor reform and not a higher wage, what we want is a REVOLUTION! ... Yes, it is truly time to do something against the injustice, against a dilapidated, corrupt system, that solves no problems, for it is the problem itself, that has created a world that destroys everything that has belonged to us since the beginning, namely, to empathize with all those who are disobedient and stand upright between all stools, not kicking down, and not hypocritically praying for salvation, and with those who, for our well-being, unquestioningly collect our garbage. Some, for they must die down below, where the heavy oars of the ships graze. Others live at the helm above, and they will not and will not understand, that everything must change and transform, and there is nothing left to negotiate, no system is fixed in the stars, everything merely conceived in imperfect minds. And so have courage - finally stand up, if we don't like the way things are going, we'll change the way things are going, we'll change the way things are going! And so we must reinvent ourselves, network, enrich each other, not violently, yet powerfully with ideas, standing together without leaders, no one has to follow orders, and so we want to reinvent the world, without greed and without domination, without coercion, we will become ONE song together, for what we want is not too much to ask, once the loveless have abdicated, oh friends, we'll scoff at everything that's promised to us, at obedience and so-called duty, what we want is no minor reform and no higher reward, what we want is a REVOLUTION! REVOLUTION! REVOLUTION! REVOLUTION!