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Julius' Final Song

from The One Man Band Broke Up by Ceschi

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Julius’ Final Song

Do you remember how he walked
onto the stage like the world was ending
and this was his final song?
The way the sweat dripped off his nose
forming a swirly pool of colors
on the cracked wooden club floor?

Now I recall the way he moved
back then before the bullet
shattered pieces of his skull
spreading him all over the carpet
in that hotel room –
they couldn't piece him back together
to sing his last tune.

No time machine exists quite yet
and all those voices we once worshipped
solely belong to the dead.
Sleeping so comfortably for now
between some gatefold sleeves and shrink wrap
piled on record store grounds.

We all imagined his last song
a melody
to help us forget that our God was gone
to help us remember his face
before the maggots crawled
inside and out of his eye sockets
such a perfect song

(ahhh ahhh ahhh men
yadi yadi yadi yay
gummy gummy gum drops)

we only wanted one last song
a tune so we could sing along

but he's gone
into the abyss
falling fast
sucked through a giant black hole
deep into the center of the earth
far from anybody's ears
just
flung
into oblivion
forgotten by the world
and the puppeteers
that once put him on a pedestal
are repackaging
hoping advances reappear
gone
now there's no way that we could ever
dig him out beneath the
mountains of records
that cover his dusty grave
he's done
and there's no ubermensch
to soothe the senses
truth is that we'll lose in the end
everything dies soon
it's helpless

we only wanted one last song
a tune so we could sing along

so you have you heard the one about the one man?

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from The One Man Band Broke Up, released June 27, 2010

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Ceschi New Haven, Connecticut

Ceschi (pronounced chess-key) Ramos makes his own version of progressive hip hop spliced with elements of folk & indie rock. Although he has almost "mathy" technical rap abilities he's first and foremost a singer-songwriter at heart. Although one Ceschi song may consist of punk influenced machine gun fast raps, the next may be a quiet folk ballad played on acoustic guitar. ... more

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