Hope Dies Last

Intro: verse 1 The alarm goes off and you hit the shower first I make the coffee, it’s a routine we’ve rehearsed Turn the radio on and they’re wishing us a happy new year But nothing much has changed here verse 2 Another suicide bomb at a market in the Middle East The authorities estimate 28 dead, at least Sand soaked with martyr’s blood and mothers’ tears But nothing much has changed here verse 3 The whole country’s holding those coalminers in its prayers Counting down how long they’ve gone without air The reporter does his best to sound sincere But nothing much has changed here verse 4 Now there’s a man of God saying something ‘bout New Orleans How the Mississippi River gonna wash them sinners clean Oh the righteous prey on ignorance and fear Oh nothing much has changed here And there’s a storm coming up fast Better lash yourself to the mast But of all that comes to pass Hope dies last Verse 5 Politicians pointing fingers like they always do When there’s a scandal looming larger in the rearview When elections may be closer than they appear Oh nothing much has changed here Verse 6 In the eyes of the President citizens are enemies He’d rather talk to Jesus than to anyone who disagrees But the phones are bugged and Big Brother is all ears Oh nothing much has changed here And there’s a storm coming up fast Better lash yourself to the mast But of all that comes to pass Hope dies last Verse 7 Sometimes it’s all that you can do to avert your eyes If you let too much in it will leave you paralysed It's a world where all you love could disappear Verse 8 So I take you in my arms before you leave for work I got a love for you so fierce and true it hurts You smile at something that I whisper in your ear Nothing has changed Nothing has changed Nothing’s ever gonna change here Outro: