Vietnam
2008 · Not On Label · USA
- Artist
- Mariana Bell
- Title
- Vietnam
- Release
- Book
- Year
- 2008
- Label
- Not On Label
- Format
- CD · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Mariana Bell
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Singer Songwriter · Folk Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Mariana Bell, singer-songwriter born in Australia, but raised in Charlottesville, Virginia, and now based in Los Angeles, California. In the song "Vietnam", a veteran recalled the war: "he recalls Vietnam was painless, but she remembers it was endless". The narrator asked "what did the system make you do"..
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Australian & New Zealand Songs
Mariana Bell, singer-songwriter born in Australia, but raised in Charlottesville, Virginia, and now based in Los Angeles, California. In the song "Vietnam", a veteran recalled the war: "he recalls Vietnam was painless, but she remembers it was endless". The narrator asked "what did the system make you do".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: He recalls Vietnam was painless / But she remembers it was endless / You haven't let it go / Let it go... / The politics of glamour see us through the weight of what is heinous / That is the dearth of your pursuit / But that is not what I would choose if I were you / Still I think it's in my head, in my head / I got it wrong / And what did the system make you do / You'd never dare ask for help / I'm afraid the onus lies with you...
About the artist
Born in Australia. Raised in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Currently Los Angeles, California, USA.