Hope - Cable Ties

A baby boomer’s lullaby

Came floating through my screen

On Channel 9, I wouldn’t be tuned in

If I went back home in Bendigo

My uncle Pete, he’s complaining about the greenies

He says that they gone too far

I say Pete they don’t grow 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 or is it just harder to breathe these days

And it might be hopeless but if I lose hope

I bring on that nding

And it might be hopeless but if I los 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

(Instrumental Break)

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

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