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Great Expectations

from Great Expectations by Zwerm & Karen Willems

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lyrics

great expectations

and if it’s really there
when blood is not enough
when something seems to be stuck
but you can’t miss the point
when actions only whisper
and words take the fall
when almost is a goal
when never can be tempting
and sometimes doesn’t reply
then will we start the dance
or wait for the one t(w)o, three

and if it’s really there
it’s somewhat disappointing
it’s strangely immature
it’s very inorganic
it’s also insecure
it echoes all your futures
it chalks out ancient outlines
it memorizes failure
it used to suffice

and if it’s really there
should we mind being boring
because we’re never free
always someone’s shouting
how we all should be
it might be dressed as a monkey
can we trust it to be real
will we know how to feel

and if it’s really there
can we say it didn’t happen
and ignore the sight
can we drop our smiles
and make it look like nothing
to see what you hoped for
to hear what you have sung

and if it’s really there
will you remember your friends
do you care if they remember
will you settle the score
or return it to sender
will you die before

and if it’s really there
we must be out of our minds
to invent indecision
it’s like to fall out of love
to avoid a collision

and if it’s really there
will we act honestly
or will we just keep on talking
meaning no disrespect

and if it’s really there
should we turn on the light
or do we fake simulation

and if it’s really there
what will we expect next
and if it’s really there
and if it’s really there
and if it’s really there
and if it’s really there

credits

from Great Expectations, released April 1, 2021
all music written & played by Zwerm (Johannes Westendorp, Bruno Nelissen, Kobe Van Cauwenberghe & Toon Callier) & Karen Willems and arranged by Zwerm, Karen Willems & Rudy Trouvé
all lyrics by Bruno Nelissen, except No Questions No Lies, lyrics by Charles Dickens
produced by Rudy Trouvé
recorded on tape by Mark Dedecker at Studio Finster, Antwerp, november 2020
mixed by Joris Caluwaerts
artwork by Rudy Trouvé
lay out by Thomas Noppe
mastered by Uwe Teichert
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with the support of the Flemish Government,
in coproduction with STUK - Huis voor Dans, Beeld & Geluid and deSingel
thanks to Cohort & Werkplaats Walter

copyright Time Goes By 2021
www.zwerm.be

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Zwerm Belgium

An exciting, sometimes alienating and always quirky musical discovery you rarely get to hear.
- Goddeau​

​Obvious contender for album of the year. - The Wire

In an nonacademic way they made a fresh translation of the spirit of the experimental avant-garde. - De Standaard ​​

Zwerm has played
Concerts in the UK, Europe, Iran, Mexico and the USA
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