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The Implacable End of Innocence

by Anthony's Garden

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1.
Wake Up 03:12
Wake up The child saw oil-soaked water birds Countless chicken head first Dissection bound in a kind of merry-go-round Such a harrowing sight for the eyes of a child On the first color TV in the early 70’s The child thought now that they know They won’t let me reap what they have sown Pass on poison in a cup and let their own child sup it up Enough is enough is enough Isn’t it about time to wake up The child saw oil crisis twice Learned about carbon dioxide Walked through acid rain And watched local forests die He marched against Castors and nuclear disasters Way before coming of age in the mid-80’s He was driven to tears by the slaughter of baby seals To avoid depression he joined collective suppression To look over the rim of a death cup Whatever held us up People can’t you hear the ticking of the clock Isn’t it about time to wake up To look over the rim of a death cup Whatever held us up We are more than just a part of the live stock Wake up, wake up Enough is enough is enough Wake up
2.
House On Fire House on fire World fucked up But we keep on buying We ain’t got enough This house is on fire This world is fucked up But we keep on buying We ain‘t got enough We know it we feel it We see it each day You know it you see it Keep looking away Hey! Hey! We buy it in plastic We throw it away We’ll be six feet under The plastic will stay There will be more plastic Than fish in the sea But we keep on buying Till we can’t breathe We can’t breathe House on fire World fucked up But we keep on buying We ain’t got enough I can see people in the grocery store Buying food in plastic packaging Buying water in a plastic flask Carry it home in a plastic bag I can see loads of that plastic waste In painfully perishing animals Including sea birds, dolphins and whales Leaving nothing but plastic after their decays House on fire World fucked up But we keep on buying We ain’t got enough
3.
Propaganda 04:04
Propaganda Every day I turn on the radio Someone tells me we did not start war To exercise the right to defend ourselves We call to arms preach tit for tat Stop hold on Is this the end of our debate You repeat your fake news over and over Until they condone your trover To exclude anyone from human rights You just call him Nazi or anti-Semite Stop hold on Ultima ratio fuels the hate We will refuse to wear each other out People want to live together But now the love-of-neighbour-think-aloud Is cut from our agenda Due to propaganda Imagine change Wounds will heal Heal over time Imagine change Do you feel The new paradigm No we won’t surrender To your pervasive propaganda Every day I turn on the TV set I hear that peace is impossible to get Cause ever since the day we have settled down We would fight to keep the settlement safe and sound Stop hold on Haven’t we already passed that phase All their lives they’ve been told that we are dangerous And all bad is coming from the west We were lied into the war on terror Axis-of-evil or access to resources there are Stop hold on Wouldn’t it be better to cooperate We will refuse to wear each other out People want to live together But now the love-of-neighbour-think-aloud Is cut from our agenda Due to propaganda Imagine change Wounds will heal Heal over time Imagine change You will feel The new paradigm No we won’t surrender To your pervasive propaganda We will withstand you And your pervasive propaganda
4.
Something Moving in the Water Have you ever been in love Felt the blessing from above Let it set your world on fire Get you high on your own supply |: Try to Catch your breath it’s right before you There is Something moving in the water :| When you’ve got Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide You can Hold on to my eyes I‘m right by your side Have you ever seen the dark Felt the menace seize your heart Sensed it suck your spirit dry Get you down and won’t go by |: Try to catch your breath it’s right before you There is something moving in the water :| When you ain’t getting nowhere although you’re running as fast as you can It’s time to turn around, check and change what is chasing you lame Reveal the lie, I‘m right by your side Celebrate your life Try to catch your breath it’s right before you There is something moving in the water Say good-bye to clean and sober It ain’t what some preacher might’ve told you Try to catch your breath it’s right before you There is |: Something moving in the water :|
5.
Leave the Light On Treat me like a criminal Put all the blame on me Win the war of the roses If you need to see malintent In every word I say Lay down your diagnosis I’m desperately looking For something to say or do But I can’t make you love me I just leave the light on for you I leave the light on For want of a better clue I leave the light on Light on for you At least something to pursue I leave the light on Light on for you, light on for you Punish me with disregard Let it all hang out, they say All is fair in love and war If you need to be juggernaut Dash me to the ground I will stand watch your door When no word is spoken now How could we see it through But I can’t make you talk to me I leave the light on for you I leave the light on For want of a better clue I leave the light on Light on for you I leave the light on That’s all that I can do I leave the light on, light on for you
6.
Is Man Kind 03:35
Is Man Kind Man Metastasizing like cancer cells That pathologically strive for eternal life Man Everything you can get hold of To fatten your kind you cannibalize You wreak havoc everywhere you go Most species gone, on with the show But sway some cancer not to grow Man is bleeding his planet white Causing his host to die So tell me how far is man kind Man Poisoning water and poisoning land How long do you want to deny it’s a dead end Man Until the very last tree is cut down Greed and recklessness rule over reason You’re not master in your own house You destroy what you should espouse Are you expecting to be rescued by the Mighty Mouse Man is bleeding his mother white Ignoring his children cry So tell me how far is man kind Is man kind, is man kind Can anyone detect a mastermind Is man kind, is man kind Man is bleeding his mother white Ignoring his children cry Is man kind, is man kind The evil incarnate or just purblind Is man kind, is man kind Man is bleeding his planet white Causing his host to die So tell me how far is man kind
7.
Imagine Yourself in a Bus Speeding Towards a Huge Stone Wall Imagine yourself in a bus Speeding towards a huge stone wall Your driver is bibulous Shouting „everything under control“ No chance to have a fag Cause your head’s stuck in a plastic bag And if you don’t get it right Bye-bye human kind Ooh yeah Imagine yourself again in that bus Steered by that strung-out know-it-all Any idea coming across How to stop the cannonball Put the pedal to the metal Put the pedal to the metal Driver put that hammer down Put the pedal to the metal Put the pedal to the metal Let that wall come tumbling down Ooh yeah At full throttle tits up Or did you just mix up The accelerator with the brake Where have you been When it turned out as one big mistake More CO2 More burning fuel More eating meat More mouths to feed More herbicides More plane rides More plastic shit More of it
8.
Stop Eating Animal Stop eating animal Mother earth needs a spot turn Stop eating animal Unless you kill it with your own hand Stop eating animal Unless your mouth is watering At the sight of a living Bird, fish or mammal Stop eating Stop breeding Stop killing animal Stop slaughtering Stop torturing Stop massacring The plants kingdom gives us everything we need Makes protein out of nitrogen And everything our body needs We’d produce half as much CO2 use one-eleventh the amount of fossil fuels one-thirteenth the amount of water and an eighteenth the amount of land To get the same amount of nutrients Stop eating animal Mother earth needs a spot turn Stop eating animal Unless you kill it with your own hand Stop eating animal Unless your mouth is watering At the sight of a living Bird, fish or mammal We would save Greenhouse gas emissions According to what scientists could find More than the exhaust of all cars, trucks, trains, boats and planes combined A plant-based diet would help to stop the increase Of cancer, diabetes, inflammatory bowel and heart disease And besides animals dignity would not have to be impeached Stop eating animal Mother earth needs a spot turn Stop eating animal Unless you kill it with your own hand Stop eating Stop breeding Stop killing animal Stop slaughtering Stop torturing Stop eating animal
9.
I See The Light You think you are not enough And that you don’t deserve their love I wonder what you take into account ’Cause I see the light all around You think you are way too shy And that you can’t keep up with the other guys But when I watch you mingle with the crowd |: I see the light all around :| Delicate and graceful modesty is shining through your every move Oh and I know that you don’t know that you show |: The light is within you :| You can’t stand any flattery Like calling you my remedy You criticize my melody You don’t want to hear what I want to tell you in this song That I saw the light all along You are the queen that wants no crown I see the light all around Tears in your eyes may darken your skies and your view Oh but I know beyond the shadow and your sorrow Wherever you go there’s a light shining through The light is within you |: The light is within you :| Queen without a crown The light is within you The light is all around
10.
Wedding Ring 02:41
Wedding Ring The true story is father be sound you dumped it into the lake Your wedding ring would no longer be in your way Now fifty years from that it is found  And as if this wasn’t enough You bring it up in a paper, you spread it on TV Your myth of eternal love  And something you desperately long to be The true story is mother be straight Your family was a dread Keeping the house in tidy shape Was all you had and now You bring it up in a paper, you spread it on TV Your myth and make believe And something that will probably never be Cause we all know that it never was Don’t you know we all know that it never was Never was
11.
Mistakes 03:26
Mistakes Nothing here seems to be right I‘ve had enough of this fighting Before long I will be gone I‘ll be on my way In just one blink of an eye Easy like reason and rhyme come together Whatever you might say I‘ve made a lot of mistakes Every step I take I used to patch my veneer And I would run from my fears like a coward To my ivory tower far from anyone In times when I had to proove I am worth something by following blinders Left my music behind as I took their money and they took my youth Dumbest thing to do Break-ups may cut like a knife Sellouts may shut down your life You may never know what is right And what we should never forsake All the decisions we make can be so wrong We‘ll find out in the long run When it may be too late I‘ve made a lot of mistakes I‘ve made a lot of mistakes I‘ve made a lot of mistakes I‘m not proud to say But that response I take That response I take I‘ve made a lot of mistakes
12.
Your Name 03:18
Your Name From what I‘ve heard you‘re still the same So many years no trace of shame Collision-clause sets it both-to-blame So tell me why am I constrained To carry on your tainted name To address you in my songs Was trying to make me feel I belong But crying tunes have now all been sung So tell me why am I constrained To carry on your tainted name Some day I’ll get a call and I’ll know that one of you has been taken away Will my sense of indebtedness grow stronger than feeling betrayed Or what does it take to bury my blame For a final farewell humble and plain You will go west and pass on the reign Leave this burden on the chain To carry on your tainted name So tell me why am I constrained To carry on your name
13.
The River 04:16
The River Clear waters running deep Feeding the earth Feeding me River, river Wipe off the score I do implore I will melt like a cloud Breathing In Breathing out Breathing light Breathing sound Feeling very small Let my river flow To the shore Get into my stride Fall in step Follow the rhythm The pace of my life

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joerg mair: vocals, guitars, banjo, ukulele, piano, percussion, bass
wolfgang peyerl: drums and percussion
markus angeli: upright bass, guitar on "your name", backing vocals

all songs written by joerg mair
recorded by markus angeli and joerg mair
mixed by tom peschel at downhill studios munich
artwork by joerg mair

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released March 25, 2023

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Anthony's Garden Munich, Germany

Singer-songwriter Joerg Mair counts on the wisdom of a pure folk-song reduced to its essentials. Dealing with love and hate, personal and global crisis, the lyrics are the driving force of every song.

His Trio „Anthony’s Garden“ (Wolfgang Peyerl - drums, Markus Angeli - upright bass) runs in the folk-tradition of Stephen Stills, José González, Bon Iver, Nick Drake or Ry Cooder.
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