We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Cure of Folly

by Real Men

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

    The download also includes a PDF booklet containing all lyrics and artwork.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
If you go where the money is Full may be your wallet But what of your soul? You may be socially blind Cause God knows you try! Work your ass off day and night Cause we all journey somewhere Left or right Left out, unseen, unsecure, free, family Slighted, is it a choice who to be? And then the government comes And steals your money To take care of those Who are weak and unwilling Evolutionary Impropriety Or is it? When you work hard Cleaning someone else's shit Were they to pay you according to 'lousiness of job' Tell me, who would be rich? Cause we all journey somewhere Left or right Left out, unseen, unsecure, free, family Slighted, is it a choice who to be? And those are things we can't change But we can change our lives to create... If you really think about it Ponder on it just for a while What is it really? Evolutionary Impropriety Cause we all journey somewhere Left or right Left out, unseen, unsecure, free, family Slighted, is it a choice who to be? And those are things we can't change But we can change our lives to create Equality
2.
Time 03:30
Time Why do you pass me by So swiftly Futile have to do's in life Time Where do you go When I am not aware Too busy doing what society wants from me Time, time Focus, focus Be in the here and now Time, time I wish that I would find out I was to ride a beautiful black horse Be on an assignment of the greatest importance I would run into grey knights My enemies and friends to be Deliver a letter in a language unknown to me I I used to know Who I wanted to be It would just all come to find me Books of great adventure Of great wonder It would all come to be To me Easily Time, time Focus, focus Be in the here and now Time, time I wish that I would find out To a foreign country to let them know That the twin brother turned good was planning an evil reconciliation I was to ride a beautiful black horse Be on an assignment of the greatest importance Time Why do you pass me by Time When I am not aware Too busy doing what society wants from me Time Why do you pass me You pass me by?
3.
Minnovation 03:48
Run around naked in the sunlight Pick the stars from the sky Be black or white as you feel like Man or a woman No wrong or right Social rules and physics may bind us But innovations can go Where we didn't believe they could go All over the place You can't hide You're not safe And Google Glass catches you unaware Goofy dancing in your house And you create your own person in a Sims game At each others image is what we stare Cause what seems progress can have backlashes Although satellites produce information They can also crash and brake Now we have also polluted space Social rules and physics may bind us But innovations can go Where we didn't believe they could go All over the place You can't hide You're not safe No you're not safe from technology
4.
Like Ants 03:35
Do you ever think of it all? The worlds rise and the worlds fall To us so big To us it's all there is But suppose we're like ants So much more that we would miss Cause we're Crawling, crawling, crawling, crawling though the sand We're crawling, crawling, crawling through the city We supply, supply, supply - supplying food We supply, supply, supply - supplying the goods Just imagine that the universe has no ending That is something which we as mere humans can't be understanding Still I would image thoughts could fly And without speaking to each other We would understand each other And see eye to eye But for now we're Crawling, crawling, crawling, crawling though the sand We're crawling, crawling, crawling through the city We supply, supply, supply - supplying food We supply, supply, supply - supplying the goods
5.
Take me to the place I remember from before And as we climb higher We meet an echo from long ago To feel again whatever may be To see again Is it you that I see? To feel again whatever may be To soar up high Each other is what we see What if we do it differently the same? But it is not so easy to change Cause everything feels wrong But I know how it felt right Just wash away Those tears Give me once more, the touch The feeling Give it back to me To us When will it be us? And shadows we come across Let our light shine From those sunny days Can we hold those rays What if we do it differently the same? But it is not so easy to change Cause everything feels wrong But I know how it felt right Just wash away Those tears Give me once more, the touch The feeling Give it back to me To us When will it be us? When will it be us? Take me to the place I remember from before
6.
Well, are you a squire or a squirrel? That's what the old bearded man asked me He said: Do you want to climb high and take leaps, or do you prefer to follow and take things as they come Well, follow me, and we'll jump in the trees Meet pretty squirly girls And try to retreat Well, what will it be Will you go where you've never been before Discover powers you didn't know you had Well, what will it be Will you keep your feet on the ground Follow others in their deeds And feel somewhat small next to them all Well, are you a squire or a squirrel? I prefer to be a squirrel and pull out swords I like to do well in deed and with words I like to swim and fly and dive and be king with sorcerer’s aid Well, follow me, and we'll jump in the trees Meet pretty squirly girls And try to retreat Well, what will it be Will you go where you've never been before Discover powers you didn't know you had Well, what will it be Will you keep your feet on the ground Follow others in their deeds And feel somewhat small next to them all
7.
What are we doing now? Ruining it for future generations What are we doing now? Sucking empty the earth it's grounds What are we doing now? People starving, others drowning in money What are we doing now? We pollute water and air We need sunshine But not too much Cause we wanna keep the ozone layer Intact We like to eat meat but please Not too much Otherwise the grounds they Won't sustain us Cause we consume on and on Will there come an ending to it We grow in numbers Grow and grow How will we sustain all of us Yeah, we consume on and on Will there come an ending to it We grow in numbers Grow and grow How will we sustain all of us Where are we going to? Anywhere we can fly, drive and so pollute No piece of earth untouched If there is any money to it What do our governments do They struggle over convention words What do we ourselves do Say that we can't change anything We need to innovate In so far it helps sustain our world We need to anticipate Learn that less is more Although we like to eat meat please Not too much Otherwise the grounds they Won't sustain us Yeah, we consume on and on Will there come an ending to it We grow in numbers Grow and grow How will we sustain all of us Yeah, we consume on and on Will there come an ending to it We grow in numbers Grow and grow How will we sustain all of us
8.
Take another brew to spice up your Lingering unhappiness Cause it may take it all away Help you forget the pain Or you just don't understand that the system you're part of Fosters inhumanity In those places where there are no rules Where no central authority but power Power of the strongest rules Bite your tongue and be blind to all Talking there is no work out here Cause out here the strongest rules No reason brings no gain Then the funny white men come to take your stories away And nothing really changes In those places where there are no rules Where no central authority but power Power of the strongest rules No power No gain In those places where there are no rules Where no central authority but power Power of the strongest rules
9.
Living in a world where money informs choice Living in a worlds where creativity has no voice Because how do you put the unphysical into words of worth Of value As no other How can you dream When you are measured by your ability to conform How can you dream When dreams are allowed But within boundaries only You better better better Do as your told You better better better Go for the gold You better better better Do not have any doubts Before you know it You are out Out of the game Compared to all others All the same No fortune no fame And only yourself to blame
10.
Just imagine... Flying high in a hot air balloon A quiet scenery Then a sharp bird's beak tears the fabric and down is all you see Cause down down down You get closer to the ground Now skydiving could be fun But surely not this way Cause down down down You get closer to the ground And do you think of all The things that you could have done And do you think of all The things that you should have done Now it's too late It's too late

credits

released June 16, 2015

Lyrics by Maria Verschoor

Music by Niels Kerstes

Arrangements by Ethan Mark, Jonas Nieuwenbroek, Maria Verschoor en Niels Kerstes

Recorded by Sara Teofilova at Studio A of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague

Mixed by Niels Kerstes (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9) and Sara Teofilova (tracks 3, 4, 6, 10)

Mastered by Jeffrey de Gans (Da Goose Music)


Painting and figures by Jheronimus Bosch

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Real Men The Hague, Netherlands

Real Men combines elements of funk, soul, pop, jazz, rock and world music to produce a new and exciting sound, characterised by funky time signatures, jazzy chords, pretty melodies and thought-provoking lyrics.

contact / help

Contact Real Men

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Real Men, you may also like: