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The Greater Good

by Rasmus Fynbo

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1.
Whisper 03:08
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The cause requires a fight You keep on saying you might Before you start giving birth Before you cripple this earth Well, the time is now Whisper, why do you whisper? Why don't you join them out in the street? Tomorrow? Tomorrow it's too late! Acting isn’t in vain When seeing is causing you pain The SoMe in all of its might Can never settle a fight Whisper, why do you whisper? Why don't you join them out in the street? Tomorrow? Tomorrow it's too late! I don’t know, how you manage to just lay low, how you let go While the future, while the future becomes the past. Whisper, why do you whisper? Why don't you join them out in the street? Tomorrow? Tomorrow you still whisper. Why do you whisper? Why don't you join them out in the street? Tomorrow? Tomorrow it's too late!
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The Freedom to... 03:48
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You want the state to be leaner You want an oil loving leader To give you all the choices Can’t see the tree for the forest Go through life like a tourist You think that there’s nothing much to fear Too much talk about the atmosphere Everybody wants that freedom to finish off man and burn down the planet. Everybody wants that freedom to be in control of their own manhole Everybody wants that freedom to shit in the nest, to decide what is best for all the rest. Do you not hear what I’m saying? There’s a price to be paying You can’t have your beef and eat it too You want a world wrapped in plastic Short flights are fantastic It is getting hotter, that doesn’t make you quit The dinosaurs didn’t seem to mind it Everybody wants that freedom to finish off man and burn down the planet Everybody wants that freedom to be in control burning oil and coal Everybody wants that freedom to shit in the nest to decide what is best for all the rest Everybody wants that freedom to finish off man and burn down the planet. Everybody wants that freedom to be in control of their own manhole Everybody wants that freedom to shit in the nest, to decide what is best for all the rest.
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Repeat 04:05
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There's a pattern to everything you see History is growing like the rings of a tree For every pogrom and slaughter that took place a new one is waiting in the woods behind the haze For every bubble that ever burst New greed will spring just to quench the thirst I stand like a statue, your world is passing me by Could you relive your life? Would you want to give it a try? Oh I, I remember, remember it all I've been around a lot longer than you think. I've seen humanity sail across the brink. I live and die, yeah, I live and die And I've been everything from a doctor to a spy For every cycle I play the part I know every change - that ever was by heart I stand like a statue… The future is changing. The things we hold dear are now slipping away. The future is changing. Faces of loved ones fall into decay I stand like a statue…
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Your War 03:36
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The cause required a fight. You whisper in the night Friends lost in the fire Scorched by your desire There’s a war on its way You’ll be first into the fray With a wide-open heart Tearing those you love apart How great a price will you pay at the end of the day? How many dreams will you betray? Walking the righteous way? There’s a war on its way You’ll be first into the fray With a wide-open heart Tearing those you love apart For a dream bright as day You gave it all away Unloved, failed by and large The end is taking charge There’s a price to be paid. At the end of a crusade. Look how far you have strayed. Your life you willingly betrayed There’s a war in your way You went first into the fray With a wide-open heart Tearing those you loved apart
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Children of the Sand 04:43
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On the dusty road lie the children of the sand. Their world explodes. Bright burning buildings still stand. With no food supply before the dreamers we bow. The women cry and turn their backs on the plow. We get no assistance You watch us from the distance You leave us to die While the seasons go by Won't reach out your hand to the children of the sand I am a civilian, living in a world of hurt And my dusty world always comes in third ‘Cause you never know if this war will be our last Our hidden foe that ruled us in the past, now We get no assistance... With friends like these We’ll drown in high seas We'll pick your fruit Be your prostitute If you say ‘please’ We'll die on our knees - aaaah We get no assistance... We just pray we'll float When bailing the sinking boat This our last goodbye While the waves roll gently by
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Breathe 03:04
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Brother well met This one flight is all that you get Embrace whoever you can Be a child, don't be a man Because brother don't you see The gates of life are closing fast Sleep, I can't breathe I need sleep, I can't breathe Words stuck in my throat Cold hands that once wrote You stand ghostly behind the door While I'm lying on the floor The mist is seeping through And every day there's something new Sleep, I can't breathe I need sleep, I can't breathe Brother well met This one flight is all that you get No spark, there is no desire There's no heat left in the fire Silent is the night I shut my eyes and leave the fight Sleep, I can't breathe I need sleep, I can't breathe
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Shadows 03:56
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What creeps through the night? What's quelling the last of light? What's stirring the fallen leaves in the underwood now? Claws marks on the wall. A shadow that's eerie tall. What flows in the fog that howls by the river side? But don't you scare easily Know that your dreams will set you free Free from the shadows What moves out of sight? What gives in when dreams take flight What longs for the embers that dance in the fireplaces? But don't you scare easily Know that your dreams will set you free But don't you scare easily Know that your dreams will set you free Free from the shadows La la, la la la Footsteps on the floor That open the darkest door With faces unseen, we dare not to look upon now Don’t hide in the shadows La la, la la la
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The Blind Eye 03:22
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Follow the lights at sea Stay quiet and calm and we’ll be free The night we fled the ruined earth The night we lost our birth right The hole we get to keep How are people keeping sane? All the children lost in vain How are people keeping sane? When those images remain The blind eye. The sky-high lie Moving through the silent docks Lost inside a freezing box Came to see the city glow Death is slow and no-one, no-one will ever know How are people keeping sane? All the children lost in vain How are people keeping sane? When those images remain The blind eye. The sky-high lie Do you know what we become, When our humanity is gone? Do you know what we become, When our humanity is gone? The blind eye. The sky-high lie
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The Mayfly 03:54
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The starlings fly above the heather, the crashing of waves. Please tell me that the storm will bring us news of your flight. But the storm brings no hope to me, but quite some sand in my eyes. Your freedom fight won't last forever, one day you'll be coming home. Mayfly come and get me, don't fight any longer, Darling don’t you leave me. Mayfly! Your sacrifice is keeping me cold. Once I promised that I would be slave for your will. But here is no will present and nothing will grow on barren ground. Forgive me for fading away, uncertainty is killing reason Mayfly come and get me, don't fight any longer, Mayfly don't deceive me. The Mayfly, the Lady whisper, still bring us some hope. They've seen him in the darkened alleys, he will come back. But I know he's gone forever, I have seen the bloodstains on the wall. In a frenzy I leap from my window, brick walls and wires pass me by. Mayfly levitate me! You said you would never leave me. My wings won't carry me now that you have sealed my fate… that you have sealed my fate... that you have sealed my fate...
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Become No One 04:27
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Like a dying ember In the late November I sit idle, nervous In stressful lack of purpose But don’t you see There’s no work for me I’ll put on a show Time’s moving so slow It's easy, too easy To be become, become no one It's easy, too easy To be gone, just a walk-on A flood of abbreviations Bullshit for generations The end of social relations In my work life autumn I just die of boredom But that’s not a workplace problem? So, don’t you see There’s no work for me I’ll put on a show Time’s moving so slow It's easy, too easy… And already we're fighting on a slippery slope. And already we're hanging on to a lonely hope And some day we're drowning in the landfill It's easy, too easy…

about

Since I started making music again in 2018 I have released two albums. This will be my third since 2018 and my 6 th album all in all. On “From Across the Fields” I had to learn to walk again. With the revision of “Unbelonging” I started to feel comfortable with the ins and outs of music production and got hold of all the new ways of making music. This leads me to my new album “The Greater Good” where I finally feel fully up and running.
As a result, I think the album is way more consistent than the previous two.
It is a more acoustic album with a more somber tone than previous ones. Stylewise I am almost returning to “Last Day of Sanity” but with a lot more elements from Balkan and Gypsy music. I have been fortunate to work with excellent musicians from all over the world (Denmark, Norway, Ukraine, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, USA, Venezuela and Israel)

A lot of the songs center around activism, refugees and climate crisis. Obviously, these are the topics that are generally on my mind and I prefer to write about what happens around me and not about me. I must admit that I tire easily when artists only write songs about their own life and all the crises they are going through.

This album is dedicated to Julian and Christian Rno, who wrote me the most heartwarming fan letter and strengthened my belief in that there is place in this world for my music.

credits

released March 13, 2020

This album wouldn’t have existed without the help of all these talented musicians. A special thanks to my friend, Per Solgaard, for the great recording sessions in his summer house throughout 2019 and for trying out every kind of instrument.

Per Solgaard: Bass on all tracks. Western guitar on 7, Dobro on 4, 5,
6, 8. Mandolin on 9, 10.
Sandra Bullet: Backing vocals on 1,2,3,5,6,10.
Nina Uzelac: Cello on 1,4,6,9,10.
Dima Faustov: Baritone Sax, tenor sax, soprano sax and clarinet on 2,3,7,9.
Mathias Lunde: Guitars on 1, 2, 8.
Hugo Iglesias: Dobro (squareneck) on 4,6,7. Western guitar on 6.
Michael Hatter: Guitars on 3, 5.
Eneko Rodriguez: Violins on 5, 10.
Damiano Della Torre: Accordion on 1, 2.
Danny Pena Balboa: Accordion on 8.
Nicky V: Guitars and Banjo on 4.
Luisana Hernandez: Violins on 8.
Miguel Vargas: String arrangement on 8.
Gerald Guy: Dobro (squareneck) on 10.
Maurizio Antonini: Drums on 9.
Michelle Foster: Lead vocal on 9

Mix and master by Ivan Ilyukhin.
Cover art by Sidharth Ojha.
Cover photo by Lars Rønne.
Music videos by Arda Sen from Allegro Creative.

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Rasmus Fynbo Copenhagen, Denmark

Rasmus Fynbo is a Danish singer and songwriter. His sound is a one-of-a-kind combination of Indie pop/ rock, as well as folk and Balcan music, with a pinch of cabaret. His remarkably diverse style paves the way to a very specials sound, that surprises listeners at every twist and turn. ... more

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