Stream & buy
Buying it gives the most. Streaming it reaches the most.
Bandcamp passes on by far the largest share per listener, so it comes first. If you would rather stream, stream — a play that turns into a share is worth more than a purchase that stays private.
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URL is pasted in — a dead link on release day costs more than an empty tile.
Replace href="#" and delete aria-disabled="true" on each
one, starting with Bandcamp.
Lyrics
The words, in full.
Verse 1 [ verse one goes here ]
Chorus [ chorus goes here ]
Verse 2 [ verse two goes here ]
Chorus [ chorus goes here ]
Bridge [ bridge goes here ]
Outro [ outro goes here ]
Strophe 1 [ deutsche Übersetzung folgt ]
Refrain [ Refrain ]
Übersetzung von Muttersprachler:innen geprüft, bevor sie hier steht.
المقطع الأول [ الترجمة العربية قيد الإعداد ]
اللازمة [ اللازمة ]
الترجمة تُراجَع من قِبل متحدثين أصليين قبل نشرها.
Translations are reviewed by native speakers before they go live. If you can help with Arabic or German, tell us.
Behind the line
How it was made, and why.
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Step one
The night it started
[ What was on the screen. What made putting the phone down impossible. Two or three sentences. ]
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Step two
Writing it
[ What had to be taken out. Every line that named a side was cut — the song is about children, not borders. ]
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Step three
Recording it
[ Where, with whom, on what. Small details are the ones people remember. ]
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Step four
The decision about the money
[ Why 100% of net proceeds go out, and why the project collects no donations itself. ]
The four entries above are prompts, not copy. This is the artist’s account and has deliberately not been written for them — an invented making-of story would be the easiest thing on this site to disprove, and the most damaging.
Credits
- Written by [ name ]
- Produced by [ name ]
- Vocals [ name ]
- Mixing [ name ]
- Mastering [ name ]
- Cover art [ name ]
- Released [ date ]
It is not a protest song. Protest songs have an opponent. This one only has a question.
Video
The music video
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