The document describes the horrors of 1998 in Indonesia from the perspective of someone who witnessed a friend get shot while protesting. In three sentences: They heard their friend screaming slogans for justice, equality, and Indonesia before a gunshot rang out and their friend fell lifeless in a pool of blood, one of millions of students begging the authorities for democracy and integration but met with violence instead. The 1998 tragedy was a plague that infected the people with grief and horrific memories as bloodshed occurred where legitimate politics and sovereignty should have prevailed, but all that is truly needed is cooperation between the government and its people, just as the sun and moon rise and fall together while striving for prosperity.
The document describes the horrors of 1998 in Indonesia from the perspective of someone who witnessed a friend get shot while protesting. In three sentences: They heard their friend screaming slogans for justice, equality, and Indonesia before a gunshot rang out and their friend fell lifeless in a pool of blood, one of millions of students begging the authorities for democracy and integration but met with violence instead. The 1998 tragedy was a plague that infected the people with grief and horrific memories as bloodshed occurred where legitimate politics and sovereignty should have prevailed, but all that is truly needed is cooperation between the government and its people, just as the sun and moon rise and fall together while striving for prosperity.
The document describes the horrors of 1998 in Indonesia from the perspective of someone who witnessed a friend get shot while protesting. In three sentences: They heard their friend screaming slogans for justice, equality, and Indonesia before a gunshot rang out and their friend fell lifeless in a pool of blood, one of millions of students begging the authorities for democracy and integration but met with violence instead. The 1998 tragedy was a plague that infected the people with grief and horrific memories as bloodshed occurred where legitimate politics and sovereignty should have prevailed, but all that is truly needed is cooperation between the government and its people, just as the sun and moon rise and fall together while striving for prosperity.
When I heard your voice Screaming, at the back of my head The loud sound pounding For justice! you screamed For equality! you screamed, again For Indonesia! you screamed, one last time Before BANG! The bullet slipped through your skull Putting you in a lifeless state
Before you fall in an eternity long rest,
I looked at you and saw red Bloodshot, brave, backstabbed You are just one fire, in a million Standing with endless young and strong students Begging for democracy and integration Things the authorities wont give
The 1998 tragedy was a plague,
Infecting us with grief and graphic gruesome memoirs In only politics were legitimate And sovereignty was adequate This bloodshed would not happen
In the end, all we need is cooperation
Between the government and us Like the sun and moon There are ups and downs But we are bound together Trying to reach prosperity