Name: 40
Duration: P00H04M45S
Description: At almost five minutes, I know it's too long for critical ears but I didn't see a need to force a time limit when it came to summarizing my time on this planet. I actually uploaded the "short" version and chose not to share the "ascendence into bliss" at the end. It was really a fun song to write. Came very natural and left me feeling good about trusting the process.

Duncan May - 40

from Round 7, Week 3 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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At almost five minutes, I know it's too long for critical ears but I didn't see a need to force a time limit when it came to summarizing my time on this planet. I actually uploaded the "short" version and chose not to share the "ascendence into bliss" at the end. It was really a fun song to write. Came very natural and left me feeling good about trusting the process.

lyrics

At 16 everything was new
At 18 there was fearless amazement
At 21 there was magic and chaos
30 was a work in progress
39 there was a countdown. 3…2…1

I have landed / I have arrived
Here I am at 40 very much alive.

The wrinkles are getting deeper
The knees resist momentum
I see my grandfather’s hair in the mirror more each day
I think about my youth with space travel fascination
Blast off in 3…2…1

I have landed / I have arrived
Here I am at 40 very much alive.
With my family and friends
If I could do it all over again
I wouldn’t change anything
Here I am 40 and still singing.

Each grey hear is someone I have loved
Each wrinkle is a tattoo of wisdom
I don’t want to be 21 again
I am finally ready to be exactly who I am
I’m finally ready to be who I am..

I have landed / I have arrived
Here I am at 40 very much alive.
With my family and friends
If I could do it all over again
I wouldn’t change anything
Here I am 40 and still singing.
Still singing…still singing…

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from Round 7, Week 3, released June 1, 2015

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