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This Blade (translation of "Este Filo")
words & music by Lourdes Perez/©2005

In the the midst of so many official smirks
of checkpoints, of hollow words
I would like to sing a beautiful song

In the midst of so many little empty beds
and tombs filled with dead happiness
I would like to sing a beautiful song

Who thinks he can take from me the blue of my dreams?
Who can censor the warrior cry?
Who can take my grandmother’s eyes from me?
Who would put out the light of this love?
Who could steal from me the 1st of March?
Who dares to touch the heat--
The heat of this blade that cuts within my soul?
Who would put out the light,
the uncontrollable light,
the impertinent light
of this love?