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HOPE: To wish for a particular event that one considers possible.
DESPERADO: One who has lost hope, from Spanish esperanza=to have hope/(des)peranza:to have lost hope.
"Desperado...it seems to me, some fine things have been laid upon your table but you only want the ones that you can't get." (The Eagles)
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THE SONG OF ROSE IN THE LAND OF DESPERADOS
A young boy takes seven steps and
Sticks out his chest.
He says, "No one above, no one below
Is gonna steal my show.
I'm a motherfuckin' cowboy and a Viking King
Man in this world I can do anything!
I'm a Rock-n-Roll Astronaut and I'm ready For war...hey...come on...ya lookin for a War!"
...a Buddha, now on a Crusade,
He closes his eyes and
Waits for the sign
That he feels, that he's alive!
His wings begin to melt and then
The king he cries, "He's falling back to us, He's turned to dust...my son!"
The Sungod spoke, "All your deeds... Mean nothing to me. Your flags, triumphs And fables...have no place at my Table!"
His sister gathers his ashes and then
She takes the king
By the hand
But he's too weak to stand.
She plants a Rose seed next to the throne
And says,
"Glory and Gold
And lust
Have emptied
Our home,
Our home!"
Ophelia...
She climbs the castle walls,
Ophelia...
She climbs the castle walls,
And cries
"Only ghosts fill these halls!
Where have all...
Where have all our men gone?"
And no one catches her fall.
And then one day as the old broken king Sat alone on his throne,
Little Rose had bloomed and he asked her Where all his Darlings had gone.
She said, "Well you're all a bunch of heroes, motherfuckin' cowboys and Viking Kings, but you don't have any time...no... Any time for my sisters and me!"
Then from a thousand miles she heard That voice only daughters can know:
"Rose, I'm coming home!
My Darling I'm coming home!
I'm so sorry I left you alone,
My Darling, I'm coming home!"
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