Reading the Czech national anthem, like more positive Talking Heads song, is great... Cause.. it reads like you are a person with concussion waking up somewhere in forest...Lost.. not realizing where exactly you are...and where is your home.. But then you realize that HOLY SHITE.. this indeed is your home
Where my home is, where my homeland is, Water roars across the meadows, Pinewoods rustle among crags, The garden is glorious with spring blossom, Paradise on earth it is to see. And this is that beautiful land, The Czech land, my home, The Czech land, my home!
Then in second stanza you realize that yes czech land is your home... but you still arent sure on the specifics.. then you start noticing other creatures... and wow.. among the other creatures is actually the home all along too. And what more they are sexy, clever, and strong enough to frustrate all defiance (i think we are just frustrating in general, but ok)... We are also smugly saying that we already live in heaven (we dont but sometimes we can have slightly nationalistic dreams)... I wonder if this is the reason why so many people here are atheists by nature
Where my home is, where my home is, If, in the heavenly land, you have met Slender souls in spry bodies, Of clear mind, vigorous and prospering, And with a strength that frustrates all defiance, That is the glorious nation of Czechs Among the Czechs (is) my home! Among the Czechs, my home!













