As Greece was struggling to synthesize a whole new list of harsh reforms in an effort to ask its creditors for a bailout extension earlier this week, Arcade Fire‘s indie rock group member Will Butler composed his brand-new song named “Clean Monday,” in support of the Greek negotiations. The Texas-born multi-instrumentalist has committed his talent to compose a new song every day this week inspired by British newspaper Guardian news headlines. His debut song, which was released last Monday, was dedicated to the Greek people, inviting Europe to gaze into the real conditions Greece is facing due to its recent debt crisis. Its title “Clean Monday” is stemming from Greece’s homonymous national holiday that coincided with the song’s release. In his small blurb in the Guardian, Butler’s exact words were: “I’m rooting for Greece. I mean, broadly, who the hell isn’t rooting for Greece? Even if you’re super right wing, or super German, or super capitalist, you probably don’t want Greece tumbling out of the Euro and defaulting on its debts.” Arcade Fire’s core member continued by praising Greece’s new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, not hesitating to call him a “straight shooting rapscallion,” hinting that he is probably the ideal person “who might – just might – be crazy enough to, um, responsibly manage the Greek financial situation.” Enjoy “Clean Monday” below: Lyrics: “You know it’s 9 am And I, and I’ve been waiting for you wondering where you might sit I got the guards out just in case it’s true But you know I know you wouldn’t do it Why don’t you sit down and take, and take a breath And if you think you’re headed for the cross But take your robe off Take out, take out your thumbs It’s just about some money loss And if the children, they keep crying And if they stumble out into to the streets And if the old men grab the sailors And mumble something about how they would never retreat You tell them: It’s just, it’s just the winter turning into spring And when the sun comes When you keep them waiting Now just waiting for the bell to ring And if the streets begin to crumble And the poor begin to wash away And the children lose their culture Well, it’s happened before and it will be okay You know we’re not scared Of what, of what is coming Of what is coming from the streets You know we’re not scared Of what, of what could happen If you leave us standing on our feet But if I gave your number [?] And if I gave you a dollar [?] And if I sell my first born son to the Pharaoh Do you, you think that we could stay [?] I’m just, I’m just waiting for the bell to ring I’m just standing here in my corner Waiting for the bell to ring I’m just lying here, oh, on the floor Just waiting for the bell to ring I’m just standing here, oh, in my corner Just waiting for the bell to ring I’m just lying here, oh, on the floor Just waiting for the bell to ring I’m just sitting here tied up in the corner Just waiting for the bell to ring
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