Powerful protest and dynamic, darkwave pop from the goth/post-punk duo of Johnathan Mooney (Los Angeles) and Christian Granquist (Stockholm) in this cinematic number about growing US schisms and emotional wreckage after the election return of Donald Trump. The accompanying video integrates footage from Maya Deren’s At Land – a woman lies on a beach, disoriented yet unbroken, before rising with quiet resolve. What begins in poetic isolation transforms into documentary collapse: flickering headlines, divided families, shuttered classrooms, and hands reaching – but not always finding. It opens with: “We Still Remain.” It ends with: “WE STILL RISE.”
Worthy of comparisons with Peter Murphy, Laibach, Human Drama, Depeche Mode, The The, and Parenthesis Dot Dot Dot. To explore and enjoy more by Johnathan | Christian, see also the other embedded links below.
I once thought
the world was mine
we had the right to stand and fight
it turns out
the times have changed
but we still rise, we still remain.
The perfect truth
that leaves your mouth
the wicked tongue
that spits it out
You’re leaving now
to the edge
asking me for
benefit of doubt.
From reel to reel
is that a fact?
that you are
pushing it this far.
’Cause I can feel
what its's about
that we are
wishing upon a star.
Is it so hard, to realize
so difficult, to understand
I go beneath, atomic skies
while things get quickly out of hand
speak of truth, with words so hard
things that cannot be ignored
It cuts like knives, against my scars
like a double-barreled sword
You beat me
controlled me
You said we have nothing left to fear
You wooed me
seduced me
as you thought we would adhere
You bent me
Correct me
No chains or crowns will keep us here
So kick me
degrade me
But tell me
where do we go from here?
Is it true, that you prefer
if things go quiet for a while
is it because, there’s nothing left
among us to reconcile
you believe that it’s your right
to cut this wounded world in half?
well there's no end how long we’ll fight
we'll see who gets the final laugh.
So spin me round, hold me tight
let me close my eyes and see
like the wild kaleidoscope
is this what you meant to be?
Your world, it drowns
like a storm within the sea
we´ll wait til dawn
we have the right to disagree....
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