Hope Dies Last

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[Verse 1]
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The alarm goes off and you hit the
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 shower first
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I make the coffee, it’s a routine
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 we’ve rehearsed
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Turn the radio on and they’re 
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wishing us a happy new year
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But nothing much has changed here
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[Verse 2]
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Another suicide bomb at a market 
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in the Middle East
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The authorities estimate 28 dead, 
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at least
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Sand soaked with martyr’s blood and
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 mothers’ tears
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But nothing much has changed here
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[Verse 3]
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The whole country’s holding those 
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coalminers in its prayers
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Counting down how long they’ve 
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gone without air
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The reporter does his best to sound
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 sincere
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But nothing much has changed here


[Verse 4]
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Now there’s a man of God saying 
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something ‘bout New Orleans
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How the Mississippi River gonna 
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wash them sinners clean
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Oh the righteous prey on ignorance 
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and fear
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Oh nothing much has changed here


[Chorus]
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And there’s a storm coming up fast
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Better lash yourself to the mast
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But of all that comes to pass
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Hope dies last


[Verse 5]
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Politicians pointing fingers like 
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they always do
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When there’s a scandal looming 
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larger in the rearview
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When elections may be closer than 
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they appear
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Oh nothing much has changed here


[Verse 6]
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In the eyes of the President 
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citizens are enemies
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He’d rather talk to Jesus than to 
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anyone who disagrees
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But the phones are bugged and Big 
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Brother is all ears
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Oh nothing much has changed here


[Chorus]
              G     C         F
And there’s a storm coming up fast
       G                    C
Better lash yourself to the mast
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But of all that comes to pass
Bb        G7
Hope dies last


[Verse 7]
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Sometimes it’s all that you can do
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 to avert your eyes
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If you let too much in it will 
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leave you paralysed
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It's a world where all you love 
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could disappear


[Verse 8]
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So I take you in my arms before 
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you leave for work
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I got a love for you so fierce and
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 true it hurts
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You smile at something that I 
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whisper in your ear
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Nothing has changed
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Nothing has changed
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Nothing’s ever gonna change here