So, after a night of apocalypse music on repeat, I have realized a few things. First...I totally get where Ruby Tuesday is coming from. Who wants to be chained to a life where nothing is gained or lost? Can you imagine? I am glad that song did not make the cut. But other songs did. None that had real life or death meanings to me, immediately, but still, other great and thought provoking songs. Songs like what? Oh, yay! You asked! Songs like, Sinatra's "My Way." First I was going to pick out few choice lyrics, then I realized that EVERY SINGLE LYRIC is gold. Seriously! I defy you to find an unimportant lyric, you will fail! It is an epic lyric. I wish I had such mad songwriting skills!
There were other songs too. The Earth Died Screaming, Party at the End of the World, It's the End of the World as We know it...but whatever. All of the songs, the deliberations, the jokes, it all made me think. What if there is a song that has no end, and it goes on and on my friend. But more importantly, what if there is not? What if, one day, death becomes us all? Will we get a last moment to identify a moral, a theme, a motif for our life? Will we be loved? Will morning come? Will Tuesday be gone with the wind? If feel like I have to be free, will it stand to reason that other's may feel as passionately about it?
What happens if tomorrow you, me, Britney, Sinatra, Michael Stipes, my puppy, and your mom are in the same boat we are in today? I sincerely believe with every fiber of my being that will be the case. In the meantime...As for the crazies who are out there buying billboards and radio time, well, I love your commitment and your optimism, and I would love to meet you! I assume such a meeting is available with you ALL after 6 PM tomorrow! If I am wrong, and a self taught biblical scholar is right, I am glad to go, because clearly, there is no justice!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
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You are so funny, Jules. What great fodder for entertainment all this Rapture crap was!
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