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Gasp [poem]

from Joy in the New by Andersen Silva

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Originally, I was going to read four of my poems on the album, but while determining the track list, I reconsidered and decided to use only this one, probably my favorite, and certainly the favorite of several of my friends. Written in 1992 during a spare few moments at Toys 'R' Us, "Gasp..." is not exactly light-hearted, but neither is it as gloomy as it might appear at first read (or listen).

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Desolate world, moody grey and hopeless,
I sit, and sigh, and weep, and witness
The pain, and the anger, the sadness and despair.
Why go on living? Why gasp at the air?

Aching existence, my heart is quite numb;
From all of this misery what good can come?
Happiness, it would be so simply achieved.
But my poignant longing will not be relieved.

Despite this, why not live? Why not spend one's days
Searching for beauty that's found in sun's rays?
Life can be horrific, we all know it's true;
But death's absolute, for me and for you.

Decisions, decisions; which way do I go?
I'll give it some thought and my choice you will know...

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from Joy in the New, released August 3, 2004
written and recorded by Andersen Silva

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Let Talking Heads, David Bowie, Trent Reznor, the Cars, Roger Waters, and half a Ramone take turns writing and playing songs together, with Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, and Ringo Starr splitting vocal duties, and you might get something like Andersen Silva's music. Or you might not. ... more

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