While on holiday in Denmark I wrote this song, which Lotte Reimer has come up with a tune for already! The song is inspired by a Bertholt Brecht quote that I came across when reading Lynne Segal’s inspiring Radical Happiness: moments of collective happiness. I'd like to dedicate it to our comrade and friend Cynthia Cockburn.
Yes, in dark times there will be singing
Yes, in dark times we’ll write new songs
For in dark times we will bringing
Words and music, right the wrongs
Yes, in dark times there will be dancing
Yes, in dark times we will all dance
And in dark times we’ll be advancing
Step by step to take our chance
Yes, in dark times there will be joking
Yes, in dark times we will poke fun
For in dark times joy must be woken
Laugh at tyrants, everyone
Also, in dark times there will be loving
Yes, in dark times we will make love
For in dark times there is nothing
No power on Earth nor up above…
Can stop us acting up together
Keep us from taking to the street
Stamping boots of vegan leather
We’ll dance the darkness off its feet!
Love, laugh, dance and sing together
In dark times forever shine a light
Love, laugh, dance and sing together
Together we’ll make dark times bright