I SWEAR

SHAKING HANDS

MEANING
I DON’T HAVE ANY WEAPONS
I DO HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS
 
SO I SWEAR
KEEPING IN MIND ALL THOSE WHO I LOVE
THAT I NEVER EVER
WILL SHAKE HANDS WITH THOSE PERSONS
(MEANING ‘MASKS’)
REPRESENTING THE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
RIGHT NOW
(MEANING: FOR THE MOMENT)
 
BECAUSE
WE HAD GOOD INTENTIONS
BUT THEY CONFRONTED US WITH WEAPONS
 
THERE ISN’T ENOUGH SOAP IN THE WORLD
TO GET MY HANDS CLEAN
IF I REALLY WERE TO SHAKE HANDS WITH THEM AGAIN