For reasons, I’ve been driving a car without my usual presets or a Bluetooth link, which I guess is a good way to discover radio? I ran into WDVR‘s Wednesday morning show, “Loose Threads,” which I stuck with long enough to hear a vaguely Fleetwood Mac song I don’t remember, a cover of “Girl from the North Country” that wasn’t as good as Adam Duritz’s (don’t @ me), and the Avett Brothers’ “No Hard Feelings.”
I mean I suppose I’m a sucker for songs about death, or maybe — belay that, I’m surely in a mood, but this one really hit me. The specificity of what’s being left behind, and the smallness of it; the litany of questions all left answerless, and the one answer at the end that can only be an answer at the end.
When my body won’t hold me anymore
And it finally lets me free
Will I be ready?
When my feet won’t walk another mile
And my lips give their last kiss goodbye
Will my hands be steady when I lay down my fears, my hopes, and my doubts?
The rings on my fingers, and the keys to my house
With no hard feelings
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