Hope Songtext
von Cable Ties

A baby boomer′s lullaby came floating
Through my screen on Channel nine
I wouldn't be tuned in if I weren′t back home
In Bendigo

My uncle Pete, he's complaining 'bout the greenies
He says that they have gone too far, I say Pete
They don′t go far enough
I′m back in Melbourne, I'm not doing the best
I can
On bad days I′m a parasite, on my good days
I say at least I tried
I'm getting asthma as I run for the train
Is it genetic from my family or is it just harder
To breathe these days?


And it might be hopeless but if I lose hope
I bring on that ending
And it might be hopeless but if I lose hope
I bring on that ending
And it might be hopeless but if I lose hope
I bring on that ending
And it might be hopeless but if I lose hope
I bring on that ending

I got myself so tangled that I can′t say a word
But I'm screaming in
My head short circuits, every thought runs out
Before it can
Go anywhere, drive away and let a dusty
Horizon break me from this cycle of inertia
I′m so furious at my trembling, idle hands

I'm ashamed of my own blood, of my breath
And I fear every step that I take on
The world keeps turning and it don't give a
Damn about thoughts that I don′t say

A loud noise is building, it′s a dissonant
Chaos of words but it's better than
Silence is drowning, tell me which way′s
The surface and I'll swim for my life

And if I can′t hope, nothing's ever gonna change
So let your eyes roll, you′ll still be cool when
We're in flames


And if I can't hope, nothing′s ever gonna change
So let your eyes roll, you′ll still be cool when
We're in flames

I could stockpile in the basement, be a ruthless
Survivor itching to prove that violence is our
Nature and society was fleeting and futile
Take the satisfaction when my cynical
Conclusions come to fruition
Will I win then, when everyone is as selfish
And careless as me?

And if I can′t hope, nothing's ever gonna change
So let your eyes roll, you′ll still be cool when
We're in flames

And if I can′t hope, nothing's ever gonna change
So let your eyes roll, you'll still be cool when
We′re in flames

And it might be hopeless but I′ve gotta try it
It's better than lying down and bringing on
Our fate

And it might be hopeless but I′ve gotta try it
It's better than lying down and bringing on
Our fate