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The Freedom to​.​.​.

from The Greater Good by Rasmus Fynbo

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This is a somewhat satirical song about the privileged climate deniers. They stubbornly want to believe that Climate change is a giant hoax so they can maintain their way of life – because no one should tell them what to do. They would rather burn down the planet than change their ways. Also it aims at the slacktivists that are totally onboard on the road to a greener future... as soon as their weekend trip to Paris, the work conference in Texas and the surprise holiday in the Maldives is over.

The song started out almost as a reggae song, but since I really don’t like reggae I worked hard to pull it in another direction. I listen a lot to traditional Russian folk music these days so I felt like incorporating some of those elements in the bridge – especially the shouting is a reference to Russian folk music like “Katujsca”.

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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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from The Greater Good, released March 13, 2020

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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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