Name: A Future Full of joy
Duration: P00H05M08S
Description: A soulful song on hope, the weight of history and the future as mystery. Inspired by the work of Sandor Ferenczi and the writings of Fred D'Aguiar.

A Future Full of joy

from Vatic Vintage (LP) by Leo Courbot

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A soulful song on hope, the weight of history and the future as mystery. Inspired by the work of Sandor Ferenczi and the writings of Fred D'Aguiar.

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A Future Full of Joy

The present’s been surpassed
By a past that’s over-present:
Somebody make a forecast
And offer it as a present!
And if the future’s already there,
Can somebody please show me where?

Chorus:
Can you show me a picture
Of a future full of joy?
Free me from the strictures
Of being yesterday’s toy!

My memory’s so saturated
That it goes further back than birth
And forces me to carry the weight
Of my forebears’ sorrow on this earth,
But I ain’t looking for amnesia;
I just need a little anesthesia
(Every once in a while, so)

Chorus

Sure, I know foresight is a gift
That may well poison my present,
But I so badly need a lift
That only imagination’s pleasant:
Perhaps the future was made a mystery
So as to counterbalance the weight of history.

Chorus

(Passé surprésent,
Présent surpassé,
Qu’on me fasse le présent
D’un oracle avisé/à viser.)

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from Vatic Vintage (LP), released February 2, 2021
Written, composed, performed and produced by Leo Courbot.
Keys by Rémy Charlet.
All other instruments and drum programming by Leo Courbot.

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