I liked the little progression thing I played at the end of last week's song so I decided to make a song out of if.
This is the first song that deviates from the established lyric style I've been working in this round and it's the first with something resembling a traditional chorus. After a brief exchange with MM3AM alum Susan Terry, I also challenged myself to reuse words in a manner that I found acceptable (I have no problem breaking my own rules – if it works!).
This week's optional "sing-along" challenge is addressed in the second verse.
lyrics
I
Carry me sweetly
off into sleep
Then haul me away
burry me cheap
In the dusty, hard dirt where I barley could stand to walk
Heaven above
and Hell beneath
To wake up in neither
would be a relief
But either is fine – so long as we don’t have to talk
And:
I’m sorry
To everyone
I’ve ever known
II
It’s for sure and for certain,
I know it quite well,
The mind will decay
and the flesh will rebel
Then one, if not both will conspire to usher the end
This next verse is tough
if you’re singing along
It’s a tangled up, torturous funeral song
a cliche at this point and I probably won’t do it again
(oh, I will)
And:
I’m sorry
To everyone
I’ve ever known
III
Life loves nothing more
than an ironic death
And he who laughs last
will be he who draws breath
It’s the primary reason
to cut a man down in his prime
Tempt me with pleasures
then taint it with sin
Then bore me anew
and begin it again
And again, and again, and again — ’til the end of time
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