Molly Nilsson “The Power Ballad“

Molly Nilsson “The Power Ballad“ from The Travels (DSA 2013) Directed and edited by Caroline de Maeyer Images by Grimm Vandekerckhove & Caroline de Maeyer THE POWER BALLAD Bless the poets in their graves who say we’re all gonna be saved In the most unpredictable way On the most predictable day Who loves a sceptic? And who do skeptics love? Who won’t surrender to the mysteries above we were all born to be so dangerously free The Power of Love vs. the Love of Power Don’t wanna grow in their gardens I wanna be the weed beyond the fence I wanna live outside the frame with no name in my defense Fame, only makes you inhumane Look at the kings all gone insane I only wanna be rich if everyone in the whole world is The Power of Love vs. the Love of Power I’d rather wear shirts with broken seams than to wear their hand-me-down dreams Fashion only lasts a little while but an open