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Down the Hole

from The Dark Carnival by A New International

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A drinking song for the angels. Heaven, the original gated community, has been sold off and privatised. It is no longer for the likes of us, if it ever was. The angels have been paid off and are now drinking away their redundancy money. Death is their entertainment, reality TV-style. And, of course, every TV programme needs its theme tune. Which is where the band comes in.

lyrics

Well we all fall down
Yes, we all fall down
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Names of great renown,
every scoundrel, clown,
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!

To fall in darkness creeping
To crash, bang, land awake
To the dreadful cold
Or to roast in coal
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!

Toss the ripped and torn
Boss the weary, worn
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Be you crowned by thorn
Or to manor born
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!

To wake from nightmare sleeping
We dream we are awake
Every sheep be shorn
And we all pour scorn
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!

The beggar cannot borrow
But someone has to pay
For stealing from tomorrow
So we may play today
There is no more of heaven
Even God was on the make
We were bought and sold
‘Til the good times rolled
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!
Down the hole!

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from The Dark Carnival, released April 26, 2019

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From Glasgow to the world, new Scottish romanticism, a little bit of this and a whole lot of that.

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