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Sober - The First Will Be The Last

from SpinTunes 21 Round 2 by Spintunes

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I'm drawn to writing about cyclical themes; ideas that transcend any one lifespan, but are seen again and again. Lyrically, this is a hodgepodge of my partner's experiences, through the lens of an Oracle of Delphi-type figure. Musically, the verses modulate along (and internally make references to) the F-Ab-B-D diminished scale. We end as we began, in F; the first will be the last, as it were.

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I hear you when you say it will surely come to pass
And some day the first will be the last
In my day I’ve seen some things
I’ve seen glories of days in the past
So I believed when you said in a dream
That some day the first will be the last

Well the fox is in the yard and the skunk’s in the road
And everything is as it was foretold
Piles of kibble on the drive
A hundred other ones that won’t survive
But these are the ones that followed you home
So everything is as it was foretold

Right up to the day that they put me in the ground
I’ll wait to see what you have written down
Always you had a way with words
Plenty folks around here hadn’t heard
But now that you’re gettin’ your ink in a barrel
They’ll wait to see what you have written down

Well there will come a day when you have told it all
And the wicked are pressed against the wall
Well come all you faithless deceivers
Reveal at the end your true face
Spend the last of the breaths that you have in this world
Telling until you’ve told it all

I have heard it said this would surely come to pass
And some day the first would be the last
Who’d have believed in these things
But anyone who’d known you at all
You’ve a way of impressing the cosmos and time
So that some day the first would be the last

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from SpinTunes 21 Round 2, released September 26, 2023

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