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Hope is a sick joke
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As long as we measure the value of a man
By how many other men bow to him
As long as we measure the strength of a man
By the number of his victims
As long as we worship the fighting cocks
The lions and the peacocks
As long as we take pride in tears
In humiliation and fear
There can be no hope
There can be no hope
How could there be hope?
Hope is a sick joke
How can we look at ourselves in the mirror
And not burst out laughing?
How can we think we are masters and landlords
When we’re just puppets on a string?
Like I said before our chains are plated gold
So we can pretend they are jewels
Our prisons have wi-fi and beer is ice cold
So we can all revel like fools
There can be no hope
There can be no hope
How could there be hope?
Hope is a sick joke
How much crap has been poured in our heads
That we love what hurts us the most?
How many lies have we been breastfed
By shadows of long extinct ghosts?
All that we touch we turn into a war zone
Can’t we do better than that?
All of the shams and deceit we condone
Is this what it’s all about?
There can be no hope
There can be no hope
How could there be hope?
Hope is a sick joke
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The Imaginary Suitcase Nivelles, Belgium
Folk/singer-songwriter duo led by a grumpy Belgian guy voicing his considerations about life, death, and the confusing bits inbetween.
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Alice's Curiosities - A Tribute to Paul Roland
by Various Artists
Yours truly paying tribute to one of his few real musical heroes, the great English songwriter Paul Roland. And some versions are really well crafted.
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Combien coûte le fer ?
by La Vierge du Chancelier Rolin
My first serious band, back in the 90s. Think The Legendary Pink Dots meets And Also The Trees. This band was resurrected for a few "20 years on" gigs in the spring of 2017.
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La vie sent quoi?
by Ceili Moss
Another band I was proud to be part of in the 90s-00s. Rrrrrraw, unkempt and uncompromising folk-rock with sarcastic lyrics.
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The Same Mistakes
by Hot Left Pole
Soft-as-a-whisper folk music, with spiderwebs of guitar and vocal melodies as comforting as a lullaby.
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Whispery indie folk from the UK, “Hard Work” cradles soft and gentle vocal melodies in a nest of acoustic guitars.
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Forever Only Idaho
by Harrison Lemke
Big, strummy songs that recall the heart-on-sleeve earnestness and lo-fi glory of early Mountain Goats.
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