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✵ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚

5 days ago by @max

Liner Notes

#worldcancerday #singersongwriter #guywithguitar So many people I know, family & friends, are fighting cancer. Some battles won, some battles lost. I find it incredibly difficult to witness someone being given a terminal prognosis of just months or years. Podsafe audio: https://studio273.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-stage

Lyrics

It is back You’re sick again They tell you you will die but can’t tell you when

This time it’s incurable There’s nothing they can do

It is true it’s killing you It is true it’s killing you

The end-stage They give up They tell you it’s untreatable The spreading will not stop

Medication just buys you time But nothing blocks the flood of tears you cannot hide

You’re worried ’bout your loved ones How do they get through?

It is true it’s killing you It is true it’s killing you

Soldier on It’s not fair Check-up after check-up Constantly aware

This time it’s incurable There’s nothing they can do

It is true it’s killing you It is true it’s killing you It’s killing, killing, killing, killing you

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Comments

@consolidated 3d

Very catchy as others have said-I like that aspect of it. I feel like this sentiment could be applied more broadly to what is going on! Great work!

@seemanski 4d

I'm so confused, why am I so happy listening to this song. I should be miserable, also I have the very real problem that I will burst into random singing with "it's true, it's killing you" in our local co-op. Absolute killer, pun intended, I loved it.

@ampersandman 4d

Wow. No ironic twist or comic relief in the lyrics, and sometimes that's just the hard truth one has to grasp. But you presented them in an upbeat, catchy song that seems like a raised middle finger to cancer. And rightfully so. Seriously, fuck that shit.

@froggymagee 5d

Your music always puts a big smile on my face, and your lyrics are really making me think about my loved ones, especially my mom, who battled and won the fight, but it's still something that lingers in the back of my mind! Anyways, fantastic job on this tune ❤️

@burrMod 5d

i gotta be honest: i lost 3 people over the past year in this exact way. fought it off, in remission, and came back with a vengeance. it’s part of the reason i didn’t have it in me to play my part in hosting 50/90, i just knew i wasn’t going to be up for the emotional labor of running the website for 3 months while fielding that.

but anyway — about the song! i often enjoy these kinds of “cognitive dissonance” songs that are poppy and singable but about darker subject matter, and this is definitely one of them!