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The Curtain Song (On what may or may not hapen to us after death)

from Philosofun (with tears) by Try to Understand

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Have you ever
Thought about getting killed by a bomb from the
Former Soviet Union?
I mean, the Cold War wasn't really that long ago.
And did you ever
Really think about crossing over that yellow line?
What would it feel like?
And would you really start to lose your conscious mind?

But why
Should I care
If one day I never wake up?
Maybe I wouldn't have to get out of bed.
Maybe I wouldn't have to go back to work.
It's all so uncertain
As if we're living behind a big curtain.
Maybe the show's on the other side,
Or maybe when we die we just die.

Not to be so
Morbid and macabre, I
Do not intend to depress
My dearest friends and strangers.
I only wish to recollect for us the fact
That death is always near.
We could be here one day, and
God only knows where the next.
I wonder where we go to.
I'm wondering if you know, and
Could you tell the rest

Of us where we go
If one day we die in our sleep?
Maybe we stay in the brightness of our dreams.
Maybe we reawake on another scene.
It's all so uncertain
As if we're living behind a big curtain.
Maybe the show's on the other side,
Or maybe when we die we just die.

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from Philosofun (with tears), released December 30, 2019

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A poet turned songwriter. Still developing skills as a recording artist. Currently working alone with occasional collaborations, but hopefully a full band soon.

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