{"id":169,"date":"2012-12-15T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/a-song\/"},"modified":"2012-12-15T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-15T07:20:00","slug":"a-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/a-song\/","title":{"rendered":"A Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

A song found me last evening. Seemed appropriate, considering the events<\/a> in Connecticut. So heartbreaking…<\/p>\n

Keep a fire burning in your eye<\/em>
Pay attention to the open sky<\/em>
You never know what will be coming down<\/em>
I don't remember losing track of you<\/em>
You were always dancing in and out of view<\/em>
I must've always thought you'd be around<\/em>
Always keeping things real by playing the clown<\/em>
Now you're nowhere to be found<\/em><\/p>\n

I don't know what happens when people die<\/em>
Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try<\/em>
It's like a song playing right in my ear<\/em>
That I can't sing<\/em>
I can't help listening<\/em><\/p>\n

I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round<\/em>
Crying as they ease you down<\/em>
Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing<\/em>
Dancing our sorrow away<\/em>
(Right on dancing)<\/em>
No matter what fate chooses to play<\/em>
(There's nothing you can do about it anyway)<\/em><\/p>\n

Just do the steps that you've been shown<\/em>
By everyone you've ever known<\/em>
Until the dance becomes your very own<\/em>
No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown<\/em>
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone<\/em><\/p>\n

Keep a fire for the human race<\/em>
And let your prayers go drifting into space<\/em>
You never know will be coming down<\/em><\/p>\n

Perhaps a better world is drawing near<\/em>
And just as easily, it could all disappear<\/em>
Along with whatever meaning you might have found<\/em>
Don't let the uncertainty turn you around<\/em>
(The world keeps turning around and around)<\/em>
Go on and make a joyful sound<\/em><\/p>\n

Into a dancer you have grown<\/em>
From a seed somebody else has thrown<\/em>
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own<\/em>
And somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go<\/em>
May lie a reason you were alive but you'll never know<\/em><\/div>\n

Jackson Browne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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