I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people.
The Geezer album Black Science had a lot of keyboards and it did not work.
If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it you just feel that...
You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future.