And then the real thing comes along

I was driving home, for some time now, desperately searching on the radio for something interesting to listen to. After ten minutes of zapping through audio lobotomizing radio stations, I had almost given up. The tediousness of computer listed commercial filler songs nearly made me reach out and turn off the radio… But then it happened… and the real thing came along. Oh... the beautiful chaos of the Band Of Holy Joy! And what a joy it is to listen to this song once again… A lot more than a simple love song, it’s a musical interrogation of the life we live in. A life full of cultivated, artificial needs (…that flower from bad seeds), a life spent buying each day the same old lies and chasing the glittering prize. We have all been brought up conditioned to love all the things in this world that are wrong. And one day, hopefully, the real thing comes along. Take a few minutes and enjoy it.    

“ Faith rules forever and a day

Here comes fun-time, ok?

All my life I’ve dipped between the lines

Hoping everything would turn out fine

I’ve been conditioned to love

All the things in this world that are wrong

And then the real thing,

And then the real thing comes along

The kind of angel you’d die to impress

Turns out to be a devil, couldn’t care less

All my life I’ve cultivated needs

The needs that flower from bad seeds

I’ve been conditioned to love

All the things in this world that are wrong

And then the real thing,

And then the real thing comes along

All your life you’ve prayed for something heaven sent

Here it comes you mess up of course you repent

All my life I’ve bought the sad lies

But still I chase the glittering prize

I’ve been conditioned to love

All the things in this world that are wrong

And then the real thing,

And then the real thing comes along”

Listen to

The Band Of Holy Joy - And Then The Real Thing Comes Along