Comment by jaeh

Comment by jaeh 7 hours ago

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his songs have traveled with me my whole life but it took me 30+ years to find my favorite:

the future.

things are going to slide (slide) in all directions

won't be nothing (won't be)

nothing you can measure anymore

...

i've seen the nations rise and fall,

i've heard their stories, heard them all

but love's the only engine of survival.

...

and all the lousy little poets coming round

trying to sound like charlie manson

...

give me back the berlin wall

give me stalin and st. paul

i've seen the future, siblings

it is murder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYzPVKg3wyo

the song is from 1992 ...

edit: tried to fix the formatting

marginalia_nu 7 hours ago

Anthem from the same album is also fantastic. This one gets me every time:

Every heart

To love will come

But like a refugee