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Immortality

by Daniel Weinstein

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Immortality isn't really about defeating death, it's a way of living with no regard for the reality of death. Just like youth is wasted on the young it seems to me that only the young really get to experience immortality. For a while.

Verse 1:
I used to be immortal
I remember it very well
I had no fear of dying
Not as far as i could tell
I had no doubt I would live forever
Knew the day I'd die 'cuz that would be never
I had endless time for any endeavour
I knew everything cus i was so clever

Verse 2:
Way back in the day
I thought I knew an awful lot
I guess I got away with it
At least i didn't get caught
I was lucky, hanging by a thread
I lived to tell the tale, I didn’t end up dead
I suppose I became a man, you see
By surviving, my immortality

Chorus:
I lived through the never dying
Not for the lack of trying
But I got older and the time got short
Life got a hold on me
Years went by when I wasn’t looking
They got away from me
Then one day like it or not I lost
... My immortality

Verse 3:
It’s not what you remember
About me when I’m gone
It’s not about living
On and on and on and on
It’s the way I found myself living
It seemed there wasn't any other way to be
If life was only going to be temporary
Why should I give up... my immortality

Chorus:
I lived through the never dying
Not for the lack of trying
But I got older and time got short
Life got a hold on me
Years went by when I wasn’t looking
They got away from me
And one day like it or not I lost
... My immortaliy

Verse 4:
Every year there are new immortals
Following in my wake
I watch take some silly risks
And make the same mistake
That I made back when the whole world
Seemed a risk free place to be
I really hope that they survive
... Their immortality

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Immortality
by Daniel Weinstein

Verse 1:
I used to be immortal
I remember it very well
I had no fear of dying
Not as far as i could tell
I had no doubt I would live forever
Knew the day I'd die 'cuz that would be never
I had endless time for any endeavour
I knew everything cus i was so clever

Verse 2:
Way back in the day
I thought I knew an awful lot
I guess I got away with it
At least i didn't get caught
I was lucky, hanging by a thread
I lived to tell the tale, I didn’t end up dead
I suppose I became a man, you see
By surviving, my immortality

Chorus:
I lived through the never dying
Not for the lack of trying
But I got older and the time got short
Life got a hold on me
Years went by when I wasn’t looking
They got away from me
Then one day like it or not I lost
... My immortality

Verse 3:
It’s not what you remember
About me when I’m gone
It’s not about living
On and on and on and on
It’s the way I found myself living
It seemed there wasn't any other way to be
If life was only going to be temporary
Why should I give up... my immortality

Chorus:
I lived through the never dying
Not for the lack of trying
But I got older and time got short
Life got a hold on me
Years went by when I wasn’t looking
They got away from me
And one day like it or not I lost
... My immortaliy

Verse 4:
Every year there are new immortals
Following in my wake
I watch take some silly risks
And make the same mistake
That I made back when the whole world
Seemed a risk free place to be
I really hope that they survive
... Their immortality

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released February 14, 2022
Words, Music and Production by Daniel Weinstein

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Daniel Weinstein Mitchells Island, Australia

I started writing songs in my late 60s and have written quite a few. During lockdown in 2020 I happened upon a beat up old blue journal that I recognised from my travels in the early 70s. In it I discovered, much to my surprise, 7 completed songs and at least a dozen songs in progress that I'd completely forgotten. Now I can confidently say I've been a songwriter for over 50 years. ... more

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