So much more than I thought this world could ever hold
So much more than I thought this world could ever hold
We think we're heroes, we think we're kings
We plan all kinds of fabulous things
Oh look how great we have become
Key in the door, the moment I've been longing for
Before my bag hit the floor
My adorable children rush up screaming for a kiss,
and a story, they're a gift to this world
My only claim to glory
I surely never knew sweeter days
Blows my mind like munitions
I'm amazed
So much heaven, so much hell
So much love, so much pain
So much more than I thought this world could ever contain
So much war, so much soul
Moments lost, moments go
So much more than I thought this world can ever hold
We're just children, we're just dust
We are small and we are lost
And we're nothing, nothing at all
One bomb, the whole block gone
Can't find me children and dust covers the sun
Everywhere is noise, panic and confusion
But to some, another fun day in Babylon
I'm gonna bury my wife and dig up my gun
My life is done so now I got to kill someone
So much heaven, so much hell
So much love, so much pain
So much more than I thought this world could ever contain
So much war, so much soul
Moments lost, moments go
So much more than I thought this world could ever hold
So much more than I thought this world could ever hold
So much more than I thought this world could ever hold
So much heaven, so much hell
So much love, so much pain
So much more than I thought this world could ever contain
So much war, so much soul
Moments lost, moments go
So much more than I thought this world could ever hold
Faithless are an English dance music band that formed in 1995, with its core members being Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. Their first album, Reverence, was released in 1996 and their most recent, All Blessed, in 2020. They have sold millions of physical records, and their catalogue has been uploaded to streaming sites in 2018. They average almost 3 million streams a month. Faithless' records have charted at No. 1 in numerous countries and they were voted the 4th greatest dance band of all time by Mixmag.
Their lyrical style has been seen as sociopolitical. All Blessed uses award-winning photo-journalist Yannis Behrakis' picture of refugees on the front, focusing on immigration as its core theme.
Faithless have headlined numerous major festivals in Europe and beyond, including four editions of Glastonbury. Their lyrics have been quoted in both the US Senate and the Houses of Parliament.
The album cover features the 1880 oil painting, "Nightfall on the Thames", by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Atkinson_Grimshaw
King & McGaw (and everyone else) call it "Nightfall Down The Thames" for some reason.
https://www.kingandmcgaw.com/prints/john-atkinson-grimshaw
Either way, it's beautiful work, to my eyes. Almost photographic style.
UK is "not Europe"...? Who was your geography teacher?!?
With the conflicts raging in Gaza and the Ukraine at this moment in history, the lyrics provide much food for thought.
Hadn't heard this before, but I will follow your advice and listen to the whole album. Thanks! Not sure how I haven't heard of Faithless before, but thanks to RP for another introduction to a great, under-the-radar (at least to me) band.
That guy's pseudo rap vocals ruin this for me.
I wouldn't call this "pseudo Rap". This – rather unique – style of delivering vocals has been very consistent over Maxi's career and become a trademark. I have to admit though that his performance on this track is not among his best.
You should really watch a recording of Faithless performing live – there's absolutely nothing "pseudo" about Maxi Jazz. In fact, he is so energetic or thoughtful that I still consider the Faithless concert I attended to be among my personal top ten concerts.
Please oh pretty please...
For Mankind Please!