Nothing Lasts Forever

CH 1

What will they say about me at my funeral

Happy death day for you

Verse 1

Nothing lasts for ever all good things come to an end

Getting old you can do all the things you couldn’t do when you were young

Is death the last tabu we think it is

we think it is

We’re sure it is

CH 2

What will they say about me when I’m dead and gone

He did no good for anyone

Verse 2

You’ve led a good life

Don’t wait til you die

You could die any time just keel over

You made me like this

Now I don’t do anything

to help anyone

Now you can mock

Now you can mock

CH3 [Instrumental]

V3 [Instrumental and outro]

Composition Notes: This phrase became a bit of a mantra for me while I was writing this album because what other philosophy works for a 42-years-long relationship that breaks down just at the wrong time? Very dark lyrics about my death and funeral. I Keep hearing about men in their 60s and 70s just dropping dead so it could genuinely happen to anyone at any time and that includes me of course.

Music: On the verses I put a string quartet as to me that is one of the the saddest musical sounds on earth. The music for the chorus started off as an irregular-length chord sequence played on spanish guitar so I continued the "Spanish" theme with the semitone and major third theme.

Recorded 2024