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From [INTERMISSION XI].

This is one of my more successful emotional songs, in my opinion. This is Michael's "Painted Glass." I knew that I wanted to write a song that uses the image of hoarfrost to talk about my favorite thing, the inevitability of death. The song parts are all different from each other and I think that each of them succeeds in doing what it sets out to do.I think the image of Michael as a shark-- having nothing to hold onto Edgar with except for tools of death and destruction-- encapsulates this predicament perfectly.

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I’m not afraid
Of the endless days,
One eye open as I float along
The surface keeping guard,
And I hope I’m wrong,
That I terrorize every eye I’m put upon,
And I wonder what it is you see,
A core beyond the pageantry.

At this point I might be
A relegated curiosity,
An oddity from your past,
Would you look at me?
“Would you look at that!”

Hoarfrost in the morning,
Surely some must die,
Freezing over overnight,
But I’ll donate my warmth and
My hands will keep you safe,
The cold will wither while we wait,
But surely some must die,
But surely some must die,
But surely some must die,
How do they handle it?
But surely some must die,
But surely some must die,
How do I handle it?

You are casting shadows with your blood,
I see them when I plunge,
If I can smell you in the ocean,
Then they can smell you in the ocean,
Eliminate the feeble consciousness
That gave me confidence to kill,
Instinct over will,
Diamond against diamond you are
Merciful, I will
Grab you in my jaws to hold you.

I will grab you in my jaws to hold you,
But blood seeps through my jaws when I hold you.

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from I Have Been To The Future, released September 2, 2022

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