Burn It Down
When there's nothing left worth saving
When the promises aren't kept
When the dreams you had are fading
No truth or honour left
Burn it down
Burn it down
When the castle wall comes tumbling
And the citadel must fall
Systems all around are crumbling
New Barbarians at the walls
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
This place, this new Jerusalem
Was built upon ten thousand years of cruelty
And misery
What were we thinking?
I see nothing left worth saving
Rake the ashes through and through
Move the pebble to a new position
Time to start again anew
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
from the EP Something Left Worth Saving, released November 13, 2023
Music and lyrics ~~ Michael Casey
Audio produced by ~~ Roman Madrolle
Video produced by ~~ Lucy Holland (instagram/hollandedits1)
Viola ~~ Raphaela Boudewijns
Cello ~~ Nina Dierick
Violin ~~ Inge Marrannes
Violin ~~ Luisa Zin
Guitar and vocals ~~ Michael Casey
Download available at junglefish.bandcamp.com
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Junglefish @ Boom Cafe
A quick compilation of clips from the June gig at the wonderful Boom Cafe. It was a joy to play there for such a wonderful and appreciative audience.
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Butterfly (for Julian A.)
Today, 20-Feb-2024, Julian Assange is once again being put through the process-as-punishment legal torture prepared for him by the US and UK governments. 14 years of persecution and still it goes on.
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Butterfly, spread your wings and fly far away from here
Butterfly, one they'd crucify, you're their greatest fear
A loaded deck is more powerful than a loaded gun
No strength to fight and you're in their sights
Boy you'd better run, far from here
Butterfly, there's a cruelty that they can't conceal
They laugh and sneer as they take you and break you on a wheel
Because you're dangerous, and you're just like us, and that's what scares them so
And there's a special ring reserved in hell, that's where they're gonna go
When you speak truth to power they blacken your name
When you've won the argument they blacken your name
Point out the obvious they blacken your name
Open a window they blacken your name
Oh butterfly, have you tears to cry? Can you e'er be free?
Oh butterfly, who could justify this inhumanity?
Ain't it funny how the just expression of the law
Looks exactly like protection of the powerful?
When you speak truth to power they blacken your name
When you've won the argument they blacken your name
Point out the obvious they blacken your name
Open a window they blacken your name
Collateral Murder, they blacken your name
Confined in Belmarsh, they blacken your name
Solitary confinement, they blacken your name
“Shit-smearing rapist”, they blackened your name
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Burn It Down
From the EP Something Left Worth Saving. Featuring Michael plus the Junglestrings, Raphaela, Nina, Inge and Luisa.
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When there's nothing left worth saving
When the promises aren't kept
When the dreams you had are fading
No truth or honour left
Burn it down
Burn it down
When the castle wall comes tumbling
And the citadel must fall
Systems all around are crumbling
New Barbarians at the walls
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
This place, this new Jerusalem
Was built upon ten thousand years of cruelty
And misery
What were we thinking?
I see nothing left worth saving
Rake the ashes through and through
Move the pebble to a new position
Time to start again anew
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
Burn it down, down, down
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I Don't Believe Anymore
From the EP Something Left Worth Saving. Featuring Michael, Fleur Wirtz on guest vocals and the Junglestrings, Raphaela, Nina, Inge and Luisa.
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Thought you'd gone, and all your works too
Thought you'd gone, and the evil you do
Wasn't hard to see right through you
And I don't believe anymore
We did our best to help you depart
Silver bullet, stake through the heart
Seems you don't ever fall very hard
And I don't believe anymore
But you're here, you turned up again
Like the bad penny you are
You can't buy everyone
Why don't you come with us down to the sea?
Take a boat, they've got lots for free
Sail away, become sweet absentee
And I don't believe anymore
But you're here, you turned up again
Like the bad penny you are
You can't buy everyone
But the truth is I never believed in you anyway
An oily smile, a twinkling eye
Can only take you so far (in life)
Make you a millionaire (perhaps)
What does it cost a man his soul?
What does it cost a man?
Thought you'd gone, and all your works too
Thought you'd gone, and the evil you do
Wasn't hard to see right through you
And I don't believe anymore
But you're here, you turned up again
Like the bad penny you are
You can't buy everyone
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A Working Day
Lead track from the EP Something Left Worth Saving. Featuring Michael plus the Junglestrings, Raphaela, Nina, Inge and Luisa.
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I'm not one to hesitate
And I'm gonna tell you straight
I need to avoid this working day
It all seems so trivial
So back into bed I'll crawl
I don't want to face this working day
And you know it's gone awry
When the whole world feels like I
When I think of what we gave away
It just makes me want to cry
We just wanna make some noise
Read a book, play with our toys
But with mouths to feed and bills to pay
It seems we really have no choice
Space and time to create
Learn to fly or to levitate
But not just another working day
Our time used to be our own
Our nose to our own grindstone, now it's
Traded for another working day
Is it really such a crime
Just to play or pantomime
All these days we seem to slave away
We've been robbed of our time!
I don't need to stay out late
Raise the roof, even fornicate
Just save me, from another working day
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Forever Changed
From the EP Something Left Worth Saving. Featuring Michael, Fleur Wirtz on vocals and the Junglestrings, Raphaela, Nina, Inge and Luisa.
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So much for pillow talk
I’d never seen you smile that way before
And it’s nobody’s fault
If dark seems to be light and less means more
And after all that we’ve been through you
still find hope in me and me in you
Sing with me again, Dance me to the end of love
Got your song on my lips
And the taste of your kiss
I feel your strength to my fingertips
Forever changed after this
Riding through the rain
Way too fast but just to get to you
Walking through the snow
My hands had never felt so cold before
And after all is said and done we’ll
still find space to breathe and greet the sun
It seems that it ain’t me, babe
But that don’t change the things we take away
Got your song on my lips
And the taste of your kiss
I feel your strength to my fingertips
Forever changed after this
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I Don't Believe Anymore
Recorded at The Chapel in Le Grande Hospice, 15 April 2023. Featuring Fleur (Territoire Des Chats) on vocals and the fabulous Junglestrings.
Dedicated to evil-doers everywhere.
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Love Is All You Need
With the Junglefish All-Star Intercontinental Bizon Blues Blood Band :-)
That's Tim, Luisa and Jojo really.
Café Bizon, 01 March 2023
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A Working Day
A Working Day, with the *FABULOUS* Junglestrings (Inge, Luisa, Raphaela, Nina).
The moment where Luisa 'takes it away' lit up the room! Great audience, great night. Thanks to everyone for coming.
(No thanks to the numpty who put their beer glass down in front of the camera though. Grrrrrr.....)
KFK Hope, 25-Jan-2023
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Forever Changed
Junglefish, live at the KFK Hope, 25-January-2023.
With Fleur Wirtz and the faaaabulous Junglestrings!
(a big Grrrrrrr!!!! to the numpty who put their glass down in front of the camera...)
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Hey Hey!
Junglefish, live at the KFK Hope, 25-January-2023.
With the ever wonderful Fleur Wirtz.
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