Story Behind The Song

(on the passing of my father and two friends, jan. 2020) ---- I recall observing a whirlwind one gusty Autumn day. Leaves and debris were picked up from the ground and whisked about for some seconds, some of which quickly spun off to be redeposited while still more was drawn up and carried aloft. But a moment later and it was all over, and all the flying debris succumbed to gravity's ever inexorable pull, returning to the earth from whence it came, and the entity which was this dusky vortex was only a memory. I reflect that I as a human being am scarcely different from such phenomena. I too am an assemblage of matter that is simply yielding to and behaving in accordance with the forces of nature. I gather matter, I shed matter, and I am again replenished with new matter along the way. The forces that sustain me are not unlike the force of the wind that can raise and carry debris in so striking a fashion. And scarcely less quickly than the whirlwind, the matter and the forces that have given form to me will dissipate, and I will cease to exist. -- Neither caesars nor gods, much less you and I, can stand to the fury of oblivion. All we have is the present moment. Love with all your might.

Song Description

Clearly not a 'song' per sec. More like an exploration. An experimental, stream of consciousness sort of journey.