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two shades of hope

October 24, 2007 in music, songwriting

foy vance is an irish singer-songwriter who writes incredibly heartfelt and introspective songs. the simplicity and beauty contained in his cd “hope” is inspiring.

i’ve found his willingness to write the plain truth about pain and hope to be refreshing. nothing about this record seems to contain any pretense. certainly not lyrically. even the way that he recorded it is very straightforward, stripped down, live.

i’m currently stuck on the song, “two shades of hope”. it expresses so artfully the way that it can sometimes hurt to have hope.

if there’s one thing that i know
it is the two shades of hope
one, the enlightening soul
and the other is more like a hangman’s rope
it’s true, you may reap what you sow
but not that despair is the all-time low
baby, hope deals the hardest blows

–from “two shades of hope” by foy vance

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