We’ll both be
at the end of the same cigarette
or the same rope
when the song stops
We’ll both be
at the edge of this life
friends to the last moment
lovers until the day we forget
We’ll both be
trying to bring down
our memories like aeroplanes
running on empty
We’ll be together
my love to the end
to the end which isn’t far
And it’s good, and it’s good
We’ll both be
frozen in our armchairs
tracking their remorse
deep within their TV
We’ll both be
cursing Christmas
the one that took Daniel from us 1
hold my hand tightly please
We’ll both be
admiring from below
the courage that we don’t have
the courage of Anna Politkovskaya 2
We’ll both be
the eyes of the shot man
on his red poster
offering himself eternity
They have woven a shroud of shame over our country
hear now the anger and the tears
of those without papers, without shelter
We’ll both be
howling in the wind
yelling at the children
make the revolution
We’ll both be
Onboard a dream
Exploding with joy
and long live utopia
We’ll both be
linked with one hundred thousand other arms
walking on the face
of the executioners of joy
We’ll both be
Hunkered down on the wall
flinging cobblestones on
the loathsome crook
pissing to the moon
our deep disgust
“when I see all these dogs
I miss the wolves” 3
1. The bass player Daniel Roux sadly died around Xmas 2009 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya 3. I believe this is a Victor Hugo quote