You can also watch footage from some of the demonstrations in Mostar , Tuzla , and Sarajevo (don’t miss the man with the yellow umbrella at 0:24!)

Lyrics to the Bosnian protest anthem “Gori” (“Everything Is Burning”) by Frenkie:

I know that we fight them in vain

But, at least, I’ll be able to look myself in the eye

I will fall honorably like the Polish cavalry

Will disappear silently, but at least I’ll give ’em bruises

I know they have a thick rind

But my words will leave a mark

And will reach them

I will beat the hatred in their eyes

And demolish their home on other people’s bones

Throw the burden that hampers me

Today a new chapter begins

Chorus:

Wall Street is burning and the IMF is burning

Every bank and every safe is burning

Brussels is burning and Washington is burning

Burning, burning, Babylon is burning.

The people are lost, the stink of hatred and gunpowder surrounds us

We are in a state of crisis, since long ago

We have to march boldly in strength

With our head held up high straight through the dam

Or we can consent and obey

Assimilate and profit

Relax and enjoy

Maybe the machine will collapse by itself

Big business squeezing out nature like a tornado

While they tell us to buy energy saving bulbs

I would also run to the sea

But when the heart says “sea”, the wallet says “no can see”

The bourgeoisie, their nation

The capital, a permanent occupation

The rules are not the same for everyone, turn on your mind

I’m asking myself where’s the bailout for Somalia

Chorus (2x)

I’m an optimist all the way to the end

Even if the light at the end of the tunnel could be a train

Instead of a wall I will build a bridge

If you think alike, be my guest

No one will come to save us, nothing will fall from the sky

We are the ones who we have been waiting for

No one will come to save us, nothing will fall from the sky

We are the ones who we have been waiting for

Dayton is burning, Laktasi is burning

Theirs are burning, ours are burning

Tuzla is burning, fucking fire

Even the Pannonian sea is burning

Gardens are burning, cafes are burning

The theaters and the artists are all burning

Bosnia & Herzegovina is burning

You are burning and I am burning.

Chorus (2x)

Pepsi and Coca Cola are burning

The Parliament is burning from the foundation to the roof

Alcohol, pot and chemicals are burning

Every villa and residence is burning

Kool-Aid is burning

And Frenkie is burning