Poverty Playlist: “Hard Times” by Patrick Wolf

“World at war
Final score
Media come and abhor us

As these are hard times
We’ll work harder, harder
Through these hard times
I’ll work harder, harder”
-Patrick Wolf

I’m so fond of this song that it shows up twice on my exercisin’ playlist. It’s so dark and tense and exhilarating that by the first chorus, I imagine that I’m diving under lasers and doing a death-tango with James Bond. It was also a pretty popular tune around “Dignity House” last fall when the roommates and I were feeling the pre-graduation hard times.

Listen for the chorus to come in around 2:20 and then the big swell and finish. Gives me goosebumps every time, which is sorta nice on the treadmill, actually.

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