Lirik lagu R.E.M - Welcome to the Occupation dan Terjemahan
Lagu Welcome to the Occupation oleh R.E.M. dirilis pada 1 September 1987 sebagai bagian dari album studio kelima mereka, Document. Lagu ini ditulis oleh anggota band Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, dan Bill Berry. Lagu ini adalah kritik terhadap intervensi asing, dengan lirik yang menggambarkan pengaruh negatif kekuasaan terhadap kehidupan masyarakat.
Lirik Terjemahan
Hang your collar up inside
Hang your dollar on me
Listen to the water still
Listen to the cause where you are
Fed and educated,
Primitive and wild
Welcome to the occupation
Here we stand and here we fight
All your fallen heroes
Held and dyed and skinned alive
Listen to the Congress fire
Offering the educated
primitive and loyal
Welcome to the occupation
Hang your collar up inside
Hang your freedom higher
Listen to the buyer still
Listen to the Congress
Where we propagate confusion
Primitive and wild
Fire on the hemisphere below
Sugar cane and coffee cup
Copper, steel and cattle
An annotated history
The forest for the fire
Where we open up the floodgates
Freedom reigns supreme
Fire on the hemisphere below
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me