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Hopeless Faith

by Jackie Strano

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written by Jackie Strano, Peter Hudson, and Chris Dean, originally recorded on The Hail Marys Sex Child album in 1994 and the version is heard on the soundtrack of the 1996 Hollywood noir cult classic movie, Bound, by the Wachowski sisters (creators of the Matrix franchise)

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I've always relied on the kindness of strangers
even though it might not be a good idea
I've always lived for that element of danger
never stop to wonder why I'm here

Nice and slow, night and day
when you stop to think, it just gets in the way
and there's not a single soul among us who wouldn't agree

What you see is what you get
better look twice so you don't forget
might not be what you bargained for
so you better look back over your shoulder

We're waiting in the freezing rain
We waiting for the wrath of Cain

I'm lying here nursing my dying faith
I'll wait with you for the end of the world

What you see is what you get
You better look twice so you don't forget
Might not be what you bargained for
so you better look back over your shoulder

We're waiting in the freezing rain
We're waiting for the wrath of Cain

There's a million ways to die but only one way to live
There's a million ways to die but only one way to live
There's a million ways to die but only one way to live

I won't succumb to your lies
and all the things I despise
You won't see me fall to my knees at all
in this lifetime
in this lifetime

We're waiting in the freezing rain
We're waiting for the wrath of Cain

lyrics copyright Jackie Strano BMI/SOCAN

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released August 4, 2023
recorded old school warm sound style on analog tape and remastered digitally for re-release, original version at Mr. Toad's in San Francisco with Jackie Strano on vocals, Peter Hudson on guitar, Chris Dean on bass, and Marco Villalobos on drums
and another version at Found Sound in San Francisco with Debbie Torrey on guitar, Veronica Savage on bass, Jackie Strano on lead and harmony vocals, and Pyke Barber on drums, released on a 7 song self titled EP, The Hail Marys

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Jackie Strano British Columbia

Lead Singer, Songwriter based on Vancouver Island and veteran of the Oakland/San Francisco alternative scene, recorded, toured extensively, Hollywood soundtrack credits, bands include The Hail Marys, Country Mouse, LadyKillers, The Passengers, and solo murderfolk doom, current projects all doom alternative genre ... more

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