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"Amor Fati"

by Byron Mayhew

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1.
I gave too much of myself away, it's about time that I Take it back, take it back, take it back. But I'm spinning, reeling, paralyzed in the feeling that I'm lost the old me is gone, lost in time. But I suppose the truth is, life is a serious of changes. I won't be back, "Thus is Life". It's alright... It's alright... It's alright, it's alright "Thus is Life". It's alright, it's alright "Thus is Life". It's alright... It's alright... It's alright, it's alright "Thus is Life" It's alright, it's alright "Thus is Life"
2.
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As I sit beneath, the cherry tree... I then see, this moment's perfect. So I squeeze your hand, to hold it tighter. In time I'll know, my plan was doomed at the start. Oh this moment, oh this moment slipped through my fingers, through my fingers. I wasn't supposed to, was never meant to, meant to hold you, meant to hold you. I try to recreate that perfect moment. The same scene, but different actors. So I line the shot to take a picture. Try to hold it close, only makes it further. That it's not the same, the moment's changed. Time to find, time find another... Oh this moment, oh this moment slipped through my fingers, through my fingers. I wasn't supposed to, was never meant to, meant to hold you, meant to hold you. Light shun through, the tiny crevace where beams of light once cracked the surface. So I take a pause and breath it in, but this time I learned I can't contain it. So I let it go, let it flow through me. Moment's like these are best enjoyed when their free... Oh this moment, oh this moment slipped through my fingers, through my fingers. I wasn't supposed to, was never meant to, meant to hold you, meant to hold you. Oh this moment, oh this moment slipped through my fingers, through my fingers. I wasn't supposed to, was never meant to, meant to hold you, meant to hold you. Wasn't supposed to, was never meant to, meant to hold you, meant to hold you. Oh this moment, oh this moment slipped through my fingers, through my fingers...
3.
It's as simple as reaching out. All is lost but all is found. When the darkness closes around me/ Like a fool, I forgot my family. But by giving up on myself/ I found it easy to forget/ No one enters this life alone. Thank you brother for reminding me of home. Thank you brother, thank you brother for remnding me of home even when I'm all alone. Thank you brother, thank you brother for being my strength for being just a call away. Thank you Brother, Thank you... Thank you Brother, Thank you... I fall back in a warm embrace/ tears flow down my weary face. Not tears of sadness but tears of love. You're my God-given friend from above. Thank you brother, thank you brother for reminding me of home even when I'm all alone. Thank you brother, thank you brother for being my strength for being just a call away. Thank you Brother, Thank you... Thank you Brother, Thank you I couldn't have done it without you, I couldn't have done it without you. You are my strength. Thank you brother, thank you brother! For reminding me of home, even when I'm all alone. Thank you brother, thank you brother for being my strength for being just a call away. Thank you Brother, Thank you... Thank you Brother Thank you...
4.
Life tries and tests you til you can't take it/Then pushes more, then I ask, "Where can I go?"/ Do I have any fight left in me? Should I let go to all that I am? To just be a name that is lost lost in the sand? Or should I just give it all up? Give it all up, without you. Give it all up, give it all up without you. Roar of applause you made it til tomorrow. Now keep fighting for another til you can't. This is the human plight, this is the only fight that's left. But still I ask myself... Should I just give it all up? Give it all up, without you. Should I just give it all up? Give it all up without you.. Without... This is my fight.

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"My formula for greatness in a human being is Amor Fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it… but love it."

-Friedrich Nietzshe

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released September 28, 2018

Performed and Written by: Byron Mayhew
Mixed by: Byron Mayhew
Mastered by: Aizik Rogers

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