Hope (Official Video)

For the release of my new song, Hope, I’ve compiled some moments from history that help me exercise my hope muscle. For me, it’s solidarity, courage, and care, put into collective action. What makes you hopeful?

Many of these were curated by @workingclasshistory - follow them for a more hopeful new year. This song was written with Joe Plowman produced by Tyler Chester, and features #SmokeyHormel on guitars, Pavel Paul on violin, and my unimpeachable band Sean Trischka, Joe Plowman, and Patrick Firth. Mixed and mastered by James Krausse.

LYRICS:

Hope, what a brutal thing
Oh the way it stings
Coming down like rain upon your desert sands

Hope comes riding in
Makes you think again
Just when you thought you’d folded up that losing hand
She breaks into a heart that's broken
Blowing all the doors wide open
I’ll keep hoping til the day i die

Hope what a brittle thing
Oh, the way she sings
Coming down to light upon your prison wall

Hope first you start to cry
then you wonder why
you got so lucky ever to be born at all
she breaks into a heart that's broken
blowing all the doors wide open
I'll keep hoping til the day i die

Some may say it’s better not to dream
Sometimes i can see just what they mean
On a very lonely day
I’ll put my foolish dreams away
Face the world exactly as it seems

But then she breaks into a heart that’s broken
Blowing all the doors wide open
I’ll keep hoping till the day I die.
Til the die I die.