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Your War

from The Greater Good by Rasmus Fynbo

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I read an article about a young man who in a matter of months went from being ultra liberal/republican to demonstrate for animals’ rights and forming the Vegan Party. He
looked really miserable on the photo that came with the article, and so did his girlfriend.

He described how the cause required his full attention and there wasn’t room for anything else. Basically his life was on a downward spiral threatening to destroy everything he held dear. In my song I imagine him lying in bed as an old man filled with regret.

The cause might have been just, but was the price really worth paying? And more importantly, can you really save anyone if you cannot save yourself?

The song and the arrangement is inspired by one of my favorite songs: “The Man’s Too Strong” by Dire Straits. Never been a fan of Dire Straits, but I love this song. The song doesn’t really have a chorus which is something I very seldom do. I think the only other song I have without a chorus is “Last Day of Sanity”. Sometimes a chorus is not what a song needs.

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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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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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