Release date: 2021 December 27
Written by Orren Merton
Produced by Don Gunn and Orren Merton
Mixed by Don Gunn
Mastered by Barry Wood
Orren Merton: vocals, guitars, synthesizers, programming
Don Gunn: drums
Arash Shahangian: synthesizers, programming
Barry Wood: bass
For Shira
Art by Jen Gray
Smoldering skies
No compromise
Cynical lies
Breeding despise
News of the day
Plague and decay
Anger holds sway
No shades of grey
Reaching for meaning
Trying to cope
Where can we turn
How can we hope
Turn to the future
True and agleam
There is our hope
There is my dream
You are my hope
You are my song
One day you’ll sing
And I’ll sing along
Truth on the run
Progress undone
Hatred homespun
Conspiration
Time running short
Too much to sort
Twist and distort
Instead of support
Reaching for meaning
Trying to cope
Where can we turn
How can we hope
Turn to the future
True and agleam
There is our hope
There is our dream
You are my hope
You are my song
One day you’ll sing
And I’ll sing along