Last week, during a video posted on YouTube for the War Abolisher Awards, Roger Waters shared a new song titled "Sumud."
SUMUD
There is a word in Arabic
Sumud
It means
Steadfast
Perseverance
Particularly
In Resistance
To the occupation of your homeland
I just want that thing
When voices join in harmony
And in that fleeting moment
When meaning coalesces there
All dark dissolving
Clouds the alleyways no more
And fresh bread scent of home
Pervades the air
No sandal soles
In dust of broken homes
Peep bloody from the garment hem
And all the big parades
And shock and awe
And swagger on the carrier deck
And medals jangle helpless
In the face of what is fair
Give me an Oh Yeaaaaaaaaaah!
Yeah! Give me an Oh Yeaaaaaah!