Oh, having syntax is absolutely an annoyance when writing macros. There's a reason that Lisp is where real macros came from. But it's not so bad – syntax quoting with interpolation helps a lot.
Wouldn't it make sense to switch to S-expressions for the underlying expression structure then (or some sort of automorphism between the two) ? You'll have the misfortune of calling yourself a Lisp, but then you'll have more power :)
