Kris Kristofferson - The Circle

Live at San Sebastian, Spain, 25 - July - 2010.
The Circle is special song from Freedom.
A great history about the music:

NRK journalist Sigbjørn Nedland contacted Kris Kristofferson and asked if he would consider writing a song for the 100 years anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize. Kris said no: he would never write a song on anyones demand, not even for the Nobel Peace Prize. But after a while he called Sigbjørn Nedland and he said: "Maybe I have a song for the occasion after all."
And as Kris Kristofferson is also a movie star, and at that time was being filmed in Europe, Sigbjørn went down to his filmset in Prague and recorded the song on Kris' hotel room. Then Sigbjørn Nedland took the song to Dar-es-Salaam where he invited Chiwoniso Maraire to add some verses to Kris Kristofferson's text.

The Lyrics:
Who killed this woman this artist this mother?
Who broke the candle and snuffed out her light
Along with her husband and wounded her children
And sauntered away like a beast in the night?

"Not I" said the soldier
"I just follow orders and it was my duty to do my job well"
"Not I" said the leader who ordered the slaughter
"I'm saddened it happened, but then, war is hell"

"Not us" said the others who heard of the horror
Turned a cold shoulder on all that was done
In all the confusion a single conclusion
The circle of sorrow has only begun

And in Argentina...

Straight to the circle on Sundays
Down through the canyons they come
Bearing names of their mothers and daughters
Names of their fathers and sons

Stolen away with no warning, never to ever return
On el Rio del Muerto, All the bridges are burned
Los desaparecidos, lost in the darkness alone
Gone from the face of the earth
With no trace left behind them to mark with a stone
And the faces of Los Olvidados, only survivors recall
But for the pain and the heartbreak, did they matter at all?

Slowly the circle of sadness, spins in the Plaza Mayor
Lonesome remains of the madness and pain
In a world gone insane in a war

And the song of those broken survivors, dancing alone in the dark
With the silence of Los Olvidados, like a hole in the heart

Los desaparecidos, lost in the darkness alone
Gone from the face of the earth
With no trace left behind them to mark with a stone
And the faces of Los Olvidados, only survivors recall
But for the pain and the heartbreak, did they matter at all?

Category:

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Tags:

• Kris Kristofferson
• The Circle
• Freedom
• San Sebastian
• Spain
• Argentina
• Country Music
• American Music
• NO WAR

[Lodewijkbambi]

Fantastic song. Fantastic singer. Marvellous writer. An American who's not afraid to say certain things...

[eddy748]

Language in its highest form. Thanks Kris.

[cuccv]

just super

[OleWatashi]

"Play it again sam"....

[countrygirl2397]

Kris is amazing!

[INAWEOFKRIS]

'He tells us what we need to know. I love this man so much. He is a great man, singer and songwriter. One of the greatest moments of my life was meeting him after a concert. He is very humble.

[ilaiza]

love love love this song. Was so happy he sang it in Sant Feliu too !!