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Written to celebrate the life and memory of Joshua Joseph Verbos.
lyrics
There is no pain anymore
I want that to be true
Were you at rest
For a breath
A heartbeat or two?
Were you walking in the breakdown lane --
That margin of gravel?
Wanting to stop and give up there
For all that it would matter?
There is no fear anymore
No sickening deluge
Were you surprised
By the lies,
The subtle subterfuge?
With your picked-over heart.
With your shoulders of cracked glass.
You with your hands falling open.
Leaving the page of the book
Carelessly open; something unsaid
The phone off the hook
(dialogue overheard in a restaurant)
Anyway it's hard not to feel sorry for them.
Oh yeah?
Yeah! Think about it! How would you feel if you knew when you were going to die; if you knew your death date?
I don't understand.
What do you mean you don't understand?
What do you mean 'if'?
You were Loved
You were Known
You were the Best Damn Thing
About those nights we thought we were alone
Now you're gone.
But we care about your memory; we'll carry it on
Where stars and souls align
Where memory is consigned
I will always sing your name, now
Joshua
I used to think that the day would never come when I could feel like this again, when all my favorites are producing new music and we'd see a clear blue sky full of promise. I cannot hold all of this by myself, come pick up a song or two with me, yeah? Anathe Mal