Inspiration
The lyrics for Mury, though written by Kaczmarski in 1978, adapted the music for the song L'Estaca by the Catalan singer Lluís Llach. In this poem Kaczmarski's intention was primarily to note how a song or poem can cease to become a 'property' of the author and is 'stolen' by the masses, who may adapt it to their causes even if it were not the author's intention in the first place. In this context, the song can also be interpreted as a praise the Catalonian struggle for independence but also as of an important of the artist and a critique certain aspects of mass social movements.
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