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A Very Sweet Kind of Dying

from Songs For Samuel by Norah Vincent & Vern Woodhead

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A VERY SWEET KIND OF DYING

Scriptures, myths of all descriptions,
Say much the same
Of this condition that we’re in.
The doer will be done to.
Call it karma or comeuppance,
What goes will also come.
Ouroboros,
Like Eden's worm
Defiles,
But ringed
And ever turning on his tail,
Also defiles himself.

IF OXYGEN IS LIFE
AND AGE IS OXIDATION
IF EVERY BREATH OF MY SURVIVAL
IS KILLING ME
THEN THIS INVOLUTED CONTRADICTION
WE CALL BEING
IS A VERY SWEET KIND OF DYING

We can make no sense of the music
We hear spinning in these spheres.
Their poles that seem apart
Are tied together.
Modern science verifies
What mystics always knew:
We merely filter an illusion.

And the Bard’s pronouncement
“All the world’s a stage”
Was not a metaphor.

IF OXYGEN IS LIFE
AND AGE IS OXIDATION
IF EVERY BREATH OF MY SURVIVAL
IS KILLING ME
THEN THIS INVOLUTED CONTRADICTION
WE CALL BEING
IS A VERY SWEET KIND OF DYING

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from Songs For Samuel, track released October 10, 2019
Words: Norah Vincent
Music: Vern Woodhead
Vocals: Vern Woodhead
Guitars: Vern Woodhead
Bass: Dmitry Ishenko
Drums: Rob Mitzner
Mix: Charles Burst

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