Last October something close to me began its decent. Not a man in the literal sense but still something that closely resembled the heart beat of a beloved mentor. This new song “Great Man’s Funeral” is a bitter sweet tale of the circle of life- the rise and fall and its constant learning.
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GREAT MAN’S FUNERAL
by tyler stenson (2009)
There is one thing certain in this life;
If you breathe, one day you will die.
Ah, look at them standing in a line
Making sure that your memory is soaked in wine.
It’s a great man’s funeral;
His passing is a bittersweet parade.
I do believe you’re gone before your time
And that my days in your sunshine were kind
And the education gained along the way
Was good as gold and all its accolades.
It’s a great man’s funeral;
His passing is a bittersweet parade.
Somewhere on this great timeline
I’m confident they’ll call this a Golden Day.
I’m a better man for bleeding almost dry-
My bag of bones is a medal of that pride.
I can’t believe we lived to tell how we survived
(Cause it seems to me) we starved 40 days and nights.
It’s a great man’s funeral;
His passing is a bittersweet parade.
This house of cards is stronger than hay
So, let those wolves come and take what they may.
They didn’t kill us then, they won’t kill us now-
They’ll just huff and puff and tell us how if feels
When they fail to create.
It’s a great man’s funeral;
His passing is a bittersweet parade.
Somewhere on this great timeline
I’m confident they’ll call this a Golden Day.
It’s a great man’s funeral;
His passing is a bittersweet parade
And the simple fact I knew him when
Will long and always be my claim to fame.