"Dying is an art, like anything. I do it exceptionally well." --Sylvia Plath
"Some say the world will end in fire. Others say ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire, yet also what I know of hate reveals that ice is also great, and would suffice." --Robert Frost
lyrics
If I find my inner self,
will it sound enough like Plath?
I listen with a Van Gogh ear,
cross-check each reference like Mike Hough,
who skated on that three-inch ice,
away off in the frozen North,
and strove in every coliseum,
with all who would prove their worth
but when I see my silhouette
I find my mind looks for Van Hunt,
a singer I have not yet heard,
which makes comparison quite hard,
but not as hard as introspection,
not as hard as resurrection.
Death can give me no protection,
nor can i teach it one lesson.
Dying, to me, is no art.
What I want is not in Heaven.
I'll pay the charge. I'll play my part,
Sign up for one chance in seven,
but when I think of our hereafter,
I hear pigeons in the rafters.
Some say the world will end in fire.
Until then it's here on Earth.
If I cannot live quite right,
I hope at least to live to write.
Don't look for me with the birds.
Find me, then let's find the words.
Let's find the words.
credits
from 64x30,
released September 20, 2010
Eli Resnick-the song
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