Tekst: Tim Rice og Bjørn Ulvaeus - Melodi: Benny Andersson
No man, no madness,
though their sad power may prevail,
can possess, eonquer my eountry's heart,
they rise to fail.
She is etemallong before nation's lines were drawn.
When no flags flew,
when no armies stood,
my land was bom.
And you ask me why I love her through wars,
death and despair.
She is the constant,
we who don't care.
And you wonder, will I leave her but how?
I cross over borders but I'm still there now.
How can I leave her?
Where would I start?
Let man's petty nations tear them selve s apart.
My land's only borders lie around my heart.
Fra musicalen 'Chess', 1984. 'Chess' foregår i den kolde krigs periode med fokus på modsætningerne mellem supermagterne. Skakmatchen står mellem en russer og en amerikaner, og den symbolske politiske spænding udtrykkes i deres kærlighedsforviklinger med hinandens kærester og koner.
Anthem er en engelsk komposition af en, ofte, religiøs tekst. Udtrykket dækker over en festsang, og udtrykker normalt et symbol for en bestemt gruppe af individer eksempelvis en national- eller kirkesang.
Anthem (Chess Concert 1985)
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