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.
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €0.70 EUR  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 3 Kermess releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Truth is in the Swine, First Cold Pint, and Kermess. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      €8.80 EUR or more (20% OFF)

     

lyrics

Caught in a heavy downpour,
The couple had made their minds
To enter this little pub
Where we were both seated, seated side by side.
The young guy had the tired face
Of men that just have suffered
The torments of a long flight,
The pangs of betrayal
They held the tiny hands
Of their two little girls
They had proudly snatched out
Of the stricken gem of Bosnia.
“Sarajevo is where we lived “
Said the young mother
By way of apology
For their threadbare clothing.
“We arrived this morning”
Said the young hero
The wrench has been avoided
As long as we are together.
They stayed for a while
Munching chunks of gherkins
Having a quiet chat
As though nothing had happened
But what their eyes had seen
Never they would mention
Nor even try to bank
On this merciful found land,
This new land of welcome.
A timid sun appeared
To greet a farewell smile
They quietly slipped away from our anxious eyes
Into a nameless street.

I hope I’ll never come to understand
Why they felt so free and safe
Miles away from the Bosnian ruins
So homeless
In this driving rain.

credits

from The Truth is in the Swine, released November 1, 1997

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Kermess image

Kermess Belgium

Kermess a sévi de 1994 à 2000 un peu partout en Belgique mais aussi en France et en Suisse...

Près de 200 concerts boostés à l'adrénaline punk-folk multilingue du groupe où la bonne humeur générale était au rendez-vous. Des ballons et des rouleaux de PQ en guise de guirlandes... Ils ont paratgé la scène de groupes tels que UK Subs, Pigalle, PPz 30, Marcel et son Orchestre, Barking Dogs, etc ... more

contact / help

Contact Kermess

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Kermess, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now