Gaza vocalist Jon Parkin has stated on the song “Not With All the Hope in the World”: “The song is speaking to a religious authority, whether it be a Pope, or a bishop, or somebody, and just talking about how at the point when they die and the earth dissolves their body, just like everybody else’s b...
The Earth was warm from the sun
You weren't ivory like the movies
The dirt stained you
Dissolved you
Eroded you
Revealed you
You couldn't escape that
Not with your faith
Not with all the hope in the world
I remember your code
I remember your roots
I remember your code
I remember your roots
So I kissed you on the teeth and laid with you in the sun
And you answered more questions there than you ever did breathing
The dirt dissolved you
Eroded you
Revealed you
Destroyed you
Destroyed you
Destroyed you
Destroyed you
Destroyed you
Not With All the Hope in the World was written by GAZA.
Not With All the Hope in the World was produced by Kurt Ballou.
GAZA released Not With All the Hope in the World on Tue Jul 31 2012.