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this is the one-hundred-and-twenty-eighth of my proposed 262 song-a-weeks. I think this is the last thing I have to say (never say never) about my midlife awakening. Also, I set up a single mic in front of the drum set and just bashed away. Real drums, yo!

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I give up.

I was a car crash in slow motion, yes I know this much is true.
Everyone could see it coming but there was nothing they could do.
They all cleared the intersection and I waved as I passed through
on my way to that rendezvous with my fate
Now I’ve shed some of my intensity and I’m a whole lot less intense
I have gained some understanding and it’s all started making sense:
I have risen to the level of my incompetence.
Got nothing left to prove and it’s feeling great.
It's like letting go of a great big weight

because I give up
and I give in
and I give over to
the truth that I'm not in control
I'm just another pilgrim soul
in orbit round this big black hole
that sucks in all that might have been.

What might have been does no one any good
What might have been can't carry water, can't chop wood.
What might have been won’t hunt or fish or pay the rent on time
What might have been is real good looking but it ain't worth a dime.

I was a car crash in slow motion, yes I know this much is true.
Everyone could see it coming but there was nothing they could do.
They all cleared the intersection and I waved as I passed through
on my way to that rendezvous with my fate.
Got nothing left to prove and it’s feeling great.
It's like letting go of a great big weight.

And so I give up
and I give in
and I give over to
the truth that I'm not in control
I'm just another pilgrim soul
in orbit round this big black hole
that sucks in all that might have been.

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from 24 Hours A Day Until Further Notice (262 songs, vol. 6), track released April 17, 2019
all singing and instrumenting and producering by Brendan Milburn.
Tracks made with actual drum kit and acoustic guitar, for once! Everything else recorded with fake stuff on computer.
Image by Ankush Minda from Unsplash - thank you.
This song is (c) 2019 by Brendan Milburn, my hat music (ASCAP)
administered by WB Music Corp

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Brendan Milburn Seattle, Washington

Brendan Milburn is a music teacher and a dad. In his former life he wrote musicals, songs for animated movies, shows for theme parks and cruise lines. He used to play in a band called GrooveLily. Now he has chickens, cats, and kids, and he is making a song a week. ... more

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