Feb 2022 fuc sopranino ukulele
Got some time in Paris to try using my portable and a ZOOM H1
Unfortunately, I had murder getting the file off the H1 and onto the computer and there is a strange thumping noise on the recording I can't account for. But oh well..., influenced by what´s happening in Ukraine, here is my take on this prompt.
Wave after wave of cavalry
Wave after wave of guns
Cannons to the left of us
Slaughtering our dearest sons
The glory of battle is very hard to see
With the bodies all around us
Like great piles of debris
Wars are declared by leaders
Who never join us at the front
No politician or general
Will ever bear the brunt
Wave after wave of bombers
Wave after wave of tank attacks
It’s like David and Goliath
But there’s no sling at the climax
There’s no stone to slay the giant
The weak must all go to the wall
The double eagle is in triumph
Freedom’s gone into freefall
CHORUS
Wave after wave of propaganda
Wave after wave of bare faced lies
The widows’ hope is now left hopeless
Her husband’s corpse left to the flies
Left to count the cost of victory
The losers slowly lick their wounds
The victor’s tanks roll right over
Dry bones lying on sand dunes
CHORUS
@mahtowin Mar 2022
Great lyrics combined with the sound of the ukulele's!
Sad and hopeless text - but so true. Sometimes I am afraid bout nothing ever changes at all ...
@leepat Mar 2022
can't see the glory for the piles of bodies - what a great image!
great write as a whole - curiously propelled by that tireless uke (almost like a march out of The Wall).
just wishing for more of a change in the chorus, more of a lift.
but that's a trifle considering the subject, which you've rendered graphically...
@doglatin Feb 2022
A grim portrait of war, but a realistic one. Many astute descriptions of the atrocities, through the ages. The current events really hit home, as we are watching them unfold on video, in real time, pretty much helpless to do anything. Ugh.
@scubed Feb 2022
Powerful, timeless, and sadly current - would that it were not so. Wonderful writing and performance. Fantastic skirmishing!
@cindyrella Feb 2022
I wish songs like this didn't to be written, but sadly they are. You've written an amazing song!
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Ah! I’ve missed a day of skirmishes! This is wonderfully timely and sadly all too true and frightening. Powerful. That last stanza really digs deep.
@musicsongwriter Feb 2022
Strong take on the prompt. Nice singing and playing. Hard subject to write about.
@pabrizzer Feb 2022
one of your very best imho berni - no matter how long it took to write
those in the waves and on the receiving end do have to share some responsibility imho
@sunfire Feb 2022
Good song and very true.
@berni1954 Feb 2022
Is it playing now?
@keithcuts Feb 2022
I really dig your wave of Calvary wave of guns and wave of propaganda development.
You communicate your ideas into song so effortlessly bravo!
@pabrizzer Feb 2022
not playing for me either
@mhorning Feb 2022
I really like the lyrical structure.
Upload won't play for me either.
@ajna1960 Feb 2022
@berni1954 It won't play :(