No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.
The Greatest Showman

While Dylan wrote it, Hendrix came up with the definitive version. In one night in the recording studio, he captured the essence of this song.

There must be some way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief

We have clarity. And we know what needs to be done. So let’s do it.

There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we’ve been through that, and this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late

Exactly. We have been through that and we know that life is not but a joke. We can’t wait any longer, it’s getting late, and later..

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl

2026 will bring change. We will not be waiting like Vladimir and Estragon on that lonely road, hoping that Godot will change their lives. We know that it is up to us to make change happen.

Behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!”
And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”

The Islandman, Tomás Ó Criomhthain, from the Great Blasket Island, wrote that the likes of us will never be again.

Before we go, we will make sure that Pádraig and the likes of him will never be treated the way they have been in the past. We are not like everyone else and because of that we will make a difference. We will not lie down and capitulate. There is a way out of here. Babylon will fall.

Bring on 2026!