7 October 2012
Hey there. Before the song and the story part, I just wanted to say that in less than 24 hours discovering Opuss and this community of writers and thinkers has made me feel so free and happy to say and write what I feel, and that means so much to me I can't describe it. So thank you. Okay, the song! I rode from an island in the Florida Panhandle to my home in Kentucky today. About 11 hours altogether. Aside from some schoolwork, I had that time to spend listening to and writing music. And this little piece is what I ultimately came up with. It combines a lot of stories. It was inspired by pretty much every person (including animals, mind you) I have ever been in contact with. It is, in the most pure, short-winded expression of the concept, about life, and about, regardless of literally anything, ever, being as alive as one can be.
Live.
I believe we met Nowhen but somewhere Where the sun was always setting And we were quite weightless And one of us asked the other I don't remember who What have you left behind For what will people remember you
Oh, I have seen quite a few movies I've spent a lot of time in a car I've never once gotten any younger But I realized I hadn't come so far
I try to smile at random strangers I've given passers by a lot of thought I've felt a wind stir in the depths of my being From a single father and his little boy In a gas station parking lot
I've seen a few upturned middle fingers I've felt a man's fist upend my gut I've felt such deep betrayal But haven't we all been through a lot
You are a human being You are here And there are a good few billion of us On this little cosmic dot It seems so easy To live in apathy But is that really Living
I've walked in the early autumn woods I've played my music for an audience of four or five I've kissed a beautiful young woman I've stared into an old dog's wise eyes And I've lain on my back The weight of everything and nothing on my chest I've torn my hair out in thought About what I'm good for And all I'm not And decided that I don't care I don't care I just want To live
A New Song. • Opuss № I