Dave Gunning - World of Make Believe - Live (Highland Arts Theatre, Sydney, Cape Breton)

World of Make Believe Written by Dave Gunning Filmed by Nova Stream (March 2026) at Highland Arts Theatre, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Lyrics: The air was cool and clean, we burned the Devil’s blood The fields had turned to green, we spread the poison out And started up a war, dug ourselves in deep There’s no profit in peace, no profit in peace With honesty a problem, that kept us from the money Showed us to ourselves, making us feel ugly The writers held their mirrors, the stories couldn’t hide So we labelled them a lie, we labelled them a lie Words are turning in the wind They’re meaningless and twisted Pages have scattered on the sea There’s money for the taking The poorest ones are paying Living in a world of make believe The old boys bought the papers, and the crooked politicians Who lied about the good ones, spun it ‘round and burned the bridges Repeated all the slogans, drowning out the news There’s no profit in truth, no profit in truth We turned our backs on science, doing our own research We turned our backs on schools, with no one left to teach us Just playing and pretending that we’re big kids now With even more to fight about, with even more to fight about Words are turning in the wind They’re meaningless and twisted Pages have scattered on the sea There’s money for the taking The poorest ones are paying Living in a world of make believe Can we build it again somehow With empathy, enlisted Find some hope underneath the greed There’s darkness overtaking The voice of reason fading A criminal mistaken For a hero in the waiting Living in a world of make believe