Hope & Ruin (song)
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| "Hope & Ruin" | ||||
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| Single by The Trews | ||||
| from the album Hope & Ruin | ||||
| Released | February 15, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 4:00 | |||
| Label | Universal Music Canada Bumstead Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sean Dalton, Colin MacDonald, John-Angus MacDonald, Jack Syperek, Gord Sinclair | |||
| Producer(s) | Gord Sinclair John-Angus MacDonald | |||
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| "Hope & Ruin" on YouTube | ||||
"Hope & Ruin" is a song by Canadian rock band The Trews. It was the lead single and title track from The Trews' fourth studio album, Hope & Ruin.
According to Colin and John-Angus MacDonald, the song was inspired by the song "Fly" by Nick Drake.[1] The title of the song was taken from the cover of a Rolling Stone magazine released in 2009 after Michael Jackson's death which featured the title "Michael Jackson's Final Days: Hope And Ruin".[1][2] The original opening lyric of the song was "Hope and Ruin, the American Dream".[1]