Wednesday, May 27, 2009

"we're never coming back to Melbourne so enjoy"

Went to see Have Heart, Carpathian and the not so good band Iron Mind at the Arthouse tonight. The show was great...well, except for that opening band Iron Mind. Carpathian opened with "End Of The 1980s", my favourite song by them. And then Have Heart did an amazing show! They played for bit over one hour and played all the goodies, "Armed With A Knife", "The Unbreakable", "Bostons", "The Same Son", "Brotherly Love", "Watch Me Sink" and so on...

"The Same Son" Have Heart


Sisters starving, brothers begging.
Mothers mourning, fathers folding

When I look in the mirror I see:
A boy not a man
The son of a father I refuse to understand
The "brother" of a brother like a wound I neglect
The coward of a sister with the world I forget
The prodigal son, but I am yet to return
From a siege where I take refuge but I want to watch burn
Your lover, your companion, your champion, your friend
Forever by your side but not in the end

The fortunate son who dwells in the city, 
With the poorest of the poor, still, I ask for your pity

And while there's a man who sleeps on the ice-cold streets
His godsend not in me, but in his cardboard: his sheets

Yet

I still see the same son.

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