Foolish Hope
Hope is a basic feeling we all share. Sometimes, hope can go on, and on, and on for a long time without becoming realized. I wanted to tell the story of this experience. The “on & on & on” part is called “demented reality” among professional psychotherapists. For the sake of lyrical phrasing and singing sounds, I did changed “demented reality” to Foolish Hope.
For some of us, a “moment” arrives somewhere down the line when we are finally honest with ourselves and know that it is time to move on from something in our lives. We are stuck on someone, something or sometimes just the world around us being so difficult. Once we move on, looking back reveals just how stuck we were.
I could hear Bonnie Raitt covering this song. With that in mind, I asked Kirk James to join me in the studio to add some authentic blues guitar to the groove Here is the version we recorded with Engineer Scooter Smith adding his ear. My, My ….did it ever work! Bonnie - would still love to hear your interpretation of this song. It is definitely in your wheelhouse!
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I can’t be me
Can this be
Figure it out
Eventually
Love is gone
Try to be strong
Hope goes on
And on and on and on
CHORUS
Foolish hope it will work out
Foolish hope there’s always doubt
Foolish hope it had its chance
To find acceptance
Too much pain
Will it change
Stays the same
So insane
Every day
Look the other way
So much to say
Run away
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Hope wants a well to toss wishes in
And hear them touch down
Foolish hope when dreams are lost in time……abandoned
Then the moment
Light turns on
Took too long
Time to move on
Looking back
I now see
Foolish hope
Took over me
CHORUS
© Geoff Wolf 2019
