The Hope That We Sail on

by Sound of The Sirens

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The song has been written recently about how life has changed so much. How we can’t hold the ones we love, touch them or be with them in person but how love exists despite this.
The song addresses how people have pulled together throughout the crisis.

HOPE
LOVE
STRENGTH
PEOPLE

lyrics

I’ll hold you with trust in my worrying mind and I’ll try to avoid too much thinking
As thinking is drowning the hope that we sail on the seas when our boats are all sinking
You digest the truth to make new plans as you shake defeat while avoiding hands
And you look for proof in all that you can in suspecting eyes of every man
The silence screams your darkest thoughts and you dream of yesterday
And how you place the truth of how you face the days we have to save
And denial fades from your happy face ‘til it cripples your innocent mind
You remember how you took for granted the fact that you’re alive
With every fibre of your desire you step away from love
But love is a fire that only requires an energy to burn
I’ll hold you with trust in my worrying mind and I’ll try to avoid too much thinking
As thinking is drowning the hope that we sail on the seas when our boats are all sinking
You realise your fickleness and how you love your life
And how the human race can step up to its desire to stay alive
And while you question all its consequence before you seek the reason forcing you to think outside the box
For every realisation that our time is now and our love is strong -
without it, we couldn’t carry on, carry on.
So the love spreads and the choirs sing and the people start imagining a world that we can peacefully live in
A world where we can altogether sing
So the love spreads and the choirs sing and the people start imagining a world that we can peacefully live in
A world where we can altogether sing
I’ll hold you with trust in my worrying mind and I’ll try to avoid too much thinking
As thinking is drowning the hope that we sail on the seas when our boats are all sinking.

credits

released November 5, 2020
Written by Hannah Wood, Abbe Martin
All instruments and vocals by Hannah and Abbe

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Sound of The Sirens England, UK

There’s a certain transcendent magic that happens when two contrasting voices coalesce in perfect harmony. Imperceptibly, they can raise you from the temporal to the spiritual in the breath of a song, and set you floating among the firmament infused with a sense of wonder – just like Sound of the Sirens. ... more

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May 4

National Centre For Early Music (NCEM)

York, UK
Jun 7

The Big Sheep

Abbotsham, UK
Sep 7

Reeth Memorial Hall

Reeth, UK
Sep 13

Dimpseyfest

Chard, UK

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