Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The Music Lover, Ch. 14

Its time for the annual pre-sesshin pre-summer camp party.

Featuring Umphrey's McGee.

The cast will be slightly different this year.

I remember the facebook post from last year:

Bharat Malkani, Keller Williams, the bad twins and the Chillicothe rain.

Or something like that.

This year the post could be something like:


 Keller, the bad twins,  some Leftover Salmon, Rostov (and Gogol) and Lili Marlene.

But we shall see.   No since writing history until its past.  Kind of defeats the whole purpose.

So the soundtrack going into the sesshin will surely be the Mantis.

A riff for each decade, starting with the 60s to the 90s and everything in between.   Then compressed together like a rock opera.  Something like this:

We believe there's something here worth dying for.
Uniforms are old but we'll still try some more.
I'd probably be wrong if I was right.
The breeze (it sees?) from all considerations.
Turmoil stands like old rubberbands unbreaking.
And anything worth mentioning need not be too polite.
We won't mind.

I've seen
Much bigger, more than me.
Your will
Be done.
I'm not the only one.
The task
It seems
A backwards path
When things are said in context
Big enough to wrap in boxes
The things we'd say
Aren't easy to replace
Be brief if you're unsure
That's much braver than before.

So what's your point?
Who's the next you will annoint.
There's nowhere to transcend to
If we've got no ears to lend you.

I hate to say it.
You're no replacement.
Excuse you cannot buy.
Seems so aimless
Too short and painless.
The truth you cannot hide.
The trouble measures
There's something better
There's one more word to try.
I hate to say it.
You're no replacement.
I'm never good at lies.
Never good with lies. (4x)

Had you thought about it?
Could you live without it?
'Cause it's all about you in the end.

And it's so elaborate
(And it's all around you)
But you never had her
(But she turned around on you)
And you cannot grab it if you try.

One trial down.  At least one more to go in the next month.  Maybe another 3 before the summer's over.  Time to have a little fun:-)



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