ROME – Hate Us And See If We Mind

[Verse 1]

We could never have won this;

We were fighting blind

Now we've all but conquered fate

So hate us, and see if we mind

Washing off the dust

Like the first rains of the raining season

And encircling rage and reason, we postponed our grieving

But the rains, they never seem to come

[Chorus]

To have you here

To make you see

The wild hoax we pulled; it's all over

What care for glory?

What care for thee?

By now, you know it's all over

[Refrain]

All over

All over

[Verse 2]

To this house of stone we flock

Hiding like the snails between the reeds and rocks

And they'll be searching the valleys in vain

As we'll be waiting for the rain

A nation reborn; a lame shepherd

One must wait and go for the throat when hunting leopard

Now, we're blinking back each tear

There's no changing the balance of fear

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[Chorus]

To have you here

To make you see

The wild hoax we pulled; it's all over

What care for glory?

What care for thee?

By now, you know it's all over

[Refrain]

[Chorus]

To have you here

To make you see

The wild hoax we pulled; it's all over

What care for glory?

What care for thee?

By now, you know it's all over

To have you here

To make you see

The wild hoax we pulled; it's all over

What care for glory?

What care for thee?

By now, you know It's all over

[Outro]

All over

All over

All over

"Hate Us And See If We Mind" (Odeie-nos e veja se nos importamos) é uma música de desafio e resiliência.

Estoicismo e isolamento: a letra fala sobre manter a própria posição e identidade, independentemente do julgamento externo ou do ódio alheio. É um hino àqueles que vivem à margem ou que escolheram um caminho difícil e impopular.

Identidade europeia: como é comum no ROME, há uma camada de melancolia sobre o destino do continente. A canção sugere um orgulho silencioso e uma resistência contra a homogeneização do pensamento moderno.

Referência histórica: o título ecoa o lema romano Oderint dum metuant ("Que odeiem, desde que temam"), mas Jerome Reuter o transforma em algo mais introspectivo: não se trata de causar medo, mas de uma indiferença soberana perante a hostilidade do mundo.