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The End of History

by Counting Backwards

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A song about about impermanence, the repetition of history, being bogged down in the matrix and the need to dance.

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Leningrad before the peace
So many lost to the pursuit of a single dream
Some pulled through on the leaves that
Collected on the street
Others forced to eat the ones they found frozen in their sleep
Because they couldn't, they didn't have a name

Now I see that we're not meant to believe
That there is more than a life that is yours

No one taught me that history
Is one long line of fucked up bigotry
In a perpetual loop and placed on repeat and on repeat
Had we’d have stayed we’d have said
Don’t let one narrative go to your head
Or it’ll be the loneliest of times without you
Without you by my side

Now I see that we're not meant to believe
That there is more than a life that is yours

When I see the space between my thoughts
I know that Rome will always fall
Rest assured someday, everything falls away
Rest assured somewhere there's nothing left from which to escape

We repeat so many lines across our lives
And we expect the ones who are left behind to carry on the fight
So help me fall upon my sword
and put an end to this pointless fucking war
Because life is just a dance anyway.

credits

released January 1, 2020
Words and Music by Mark Allen.
Photo by Joey Cox
Cover design by Rowena Garcia
Guitar by Peter Nikolic
Drums by Damien Langley
Vocals by Mark Allen and Tamara Catlin
Keyboard by Michael Bayliss
Produced by Anthony Stewart
Mastered at Crystal Mastering

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Counting Backwards Melbourne, Australia

Counting Backwards was formed in Melbourne and Adelaide in 2018 to bring together like minded musicians to collaborate and raise awareness on the climate and ecological emergency. We are about rocking out to the revolution...

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