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Hear The Trumpets Sound

from Hiraeth by Cosmo

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Now hear the trumpets sound.
They're calling you and me.
That media glower has more fire power.
Than the queen and her armoury.

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Choose your poison carefully
It takes years to refine
You are the subject
They're working on your head
Fermenting prejudgements
Like a cheapo bottle of red

Now hear the trumpets sound.
They're calling you and me.
That media glower has more fire power.
Than the queen and her whole army

Switch on the airwaves
Turn on the TV
Keep in the background
View it with the family
Salaciously insatiable
Your gossipy procurer
And not the poor against the rich
The poor against the poorer

Now hear the trumpets sound.
They're calling you and me.
That media glower has more fire power.
Than the queen and her whole navy

The girl round the corner
Checks out her waistline
Puts her fingers down her throat
And reckons now she's fine
The boy in the cul-de-sac
Sees dreams though the glass ceiling
The pop stars' pimp toasts every click
You just can't beat the feeling

Now hear the trumpets sound.
They're calling you and me.
That media glower has more fire power.
Than the queen and her finery

A politician in a photo
Caught with his pants down
The kids now adults hoping
That what goes round comes around
A D notice slapped on it
No more to be said
brown faces pay the price
And take the flack instead

Now hear the trumpets sound.
They're calling you and me.
That media glower has more fire power.
Than the queen and her purity

Suddenly the word comes through
War is declared
Screaming the headlines
The subjects all are scared
Keep us to your bosom
We'll feed you all the facts
Putty for our policies
This won't hurt, now relax

Now hear the trumpets sound.
They're calling you and me.
That media glower has more fire power.
Than the queen and her armoury

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from Hiraeth, released October 19, 2015

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Cosmo Cardiff, UK

".. a folksinger for our times with a veritable hive of bees in his bonnet..." Rob Adams, Edinburgh Fringe Review.

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