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The End?

from Obsolescence by John Ludi

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One gets to a certain point in life (if one is even moderately thoughtful in nature) and one starts to wonder what's left that is really worth sticking around for...what is there to really look forward to? The decline of one's physical frame? Really? Getting old and infirm in a world like this? This sounds like a bit of a raw deal...what are the other options?

But of course you know that the animal we are wants to live, to breathe, to love...and that animal will fight the fight of all animals when they are faced with the inevitable. Bodies do that, most of the time.

And in the end some only wish that they not be forgotten...and that they mattered...that they made a difference to someone, somewhere along the way.

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The End?

Can I take it all back...return this life to the rack?
I've fallen so far off track. For every virtue, a lack.

Give it back, decline, retract (was any of it but an act?)

I suppose I'll get by, after which I'll likely die.
(How long should one try when the promise is but a lie?

“Be strong and belong, your reward won't take too long.”
I resist, but time insists...and little but regrets persist.

But I hear the birds outside and there's a song I'd like to try
and there's a bit of traveling that I'd like to do.
And I'm curious to see what the day will bring to me
and what sort of trouble can I get into.

How much more time in this frame? How long will I have this name?
The end grows closer by day as I lose the will to stay.

Fall away, all away...give it all up today.
Fade to gray, why delay...find that better place.

But there's all this work to do which I've barely gotten to
and there's all those friends that I really should call.
And the coffee is strong today and I've still got things to say
and so many miles before I hit the wall.

When I am called and it's time to fall
I will refuse, I will not move
Dig in my heels at the final reel
I'll fight to stay, you won't take me away.

When it's my time I won't stay in line
I'll fight and resist, I will persist
I'll claw and scream to stay in this dream
As my body expires I'll cling to desire.

Remember me
Remember me

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from Obsolescence, released May 28, 2015
Written, performed, engineered, mixed, and produced by John Ludi. Mastered by Erik Saari. eriksaari.com/audio/

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John Ludi Madison, Wisconsin

John Ludi is a musician/singer-songwriter with a wide array of influences and lyrical interests who was "Indie" before the term even existed. Working outside of the music industry by choice has given Ludi the ability to release songs of a level of lyrical depth that are anathema to the minds of the "suits". Ludi lives off-grid in a yurt in the woods of WI and will "fight the power" til he dies. ... more

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