by Pa Rock
Poetry Appreciator
A few weeks ago I used this space to post a review of the novel Cafe Berlin by Harold Nebenzal, a work describing life in Berlin during the years in which Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazi) Party controlled Germany. Then yesterday Alexa treated me to selections from the musical stage play and film, Cabaret, which depicted Berlin during the early years of the Nazi ascendancy. Those two incidents combined to put me in a bit of a mood.
One of most striking, and at the same time off-putting, songs of Cabaret is showcased when the camera pans to a young German soldier who stands smartly and begins singing in a clear soprano voice about the future. His song, "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" moves the crowd to join with him and it becomes the default Nazi anthem of the movie. Politics aside, the words of this song capture and depict a beautiful moment in nature - but, with politics back in the frame, it has also become associated with some of today's all-too-numerous Neo-Nazis.
And for those who've ever wondered what Stephen Miller sings in the shower each morning when he's not singing "Dixie," it might be what follows:
Tomorrow Belongs to Me
by Mark Lambert
Poetry Appreciator
A few weeks ago I used this space to post a review of the novel Cafe Berlin by Harold Nebenzal, a work describing life in Berlin during the years in which Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazi) Party controlled Germany. Then yesterday Alexa treated me to selections from the musical stage play and film, Cabaret, which depicted Berlin during the early years of the Nazi ascendancy. Those two incidents combined to put me in a bit of a mood.
One of most striking, and at the same time off-putting, songs of Cabaret is showcased when the camera pans to a young German soldier who stands smartly and begins singing in a clear soprano voice about the future. His song, "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" moves the crowd to join with him and it becomes the default Nazi anthem of the movie. Politics aside, the words of this song capture and depict a beautiful moment in nature - but, with politics back in the frame, it has also become associated with some of today's all-too-numerous Neo-Nazis.
And for those who've ever wondered what Stephen Miller sings in the shower each morning when he's not singing "Dixie," it might be what follows:
Tomorrow Belongs to Me
by Mark Lambert
The sun on the meadow is summery warm
The stag in the forest runs free
But gather together to greet the storm
Tomorrow belongs to me
The stag in the forest runs free
But gather together to greet the storm
Tomorrow belongs to me
The branch of the linden is leafy and green
The Rhine gives its gold to the sea.
But somewhere a glory awaits unseen
Tomorrow belongs to me
The Rhine gives its gold to the sea.
But somewhere a glory awaits unseen
Tomorrow belongs to me
The babe in his cradle is closing his eyes
The blossom embraces the bee
But soon says a whisper:
“Arise, arise”
Tomorrow belongs to me
The blossom embraces the bee
But soon says a whisper:
“Arise, arise”
Tomorrow belongs to me
To me.
And to Nazi it up a bit, the version of the song that aired with the 1972 film Cabaret added this extra stanza:
Oh Fatherland, Fatherland
Show us the sign
Your children have waited to see
The morning will come
When the world is mine
Your children have waited to see
The morning will come
When the world is mine
Tomorrow belongs
Tomorrow belongs
Tomorrow belongs
To me
Tomorrow belongs
Tomorrow belongs
To me
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