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You Can't Run

from A Mile Away by Happy Tooth

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So other day I was walking along, minding my own business,
when none other then Death himself walks right up to me.
And there I was, staring Death in the face.
And you know what I said to him?
I said, "I'm scared."
He didn't flinch or make a move,
he just said slowly in his raspy Death voice,
"I'm here for a reason, and I think you know why."
I yelled out, "Damn you Death! I had so much left to do...
I've never ridden on an elephant intoxicated through the jungle.
I've never seen Paris, I've never experienced enlightenment,
I've never really felt alive.
At this point he laughed, a sound like a car backfiring.
He replied,"What if death was the beginning of life,
and you're about to be born?
You can't spend existence debating what could've been.
Die with some dignity."
And as if instinctually, I turned and ran.
I ran and ran and ran for what felt like miles.
I was in a seemingly unfamiliar place I soon realized was Hell.
I turned around to see Death standing there,
chuckling to himself.
"You can't run from Death," he said.
And then I awoke, suddenly, in a hospital bed
clouded with morphine filled thoughts.
The doctors just keep telling me how lucky I am to be alive,
after getting struck by lightning.
But all I can think about is how I met Death,
and how I'm going to Hell.
So I got out of the bed, and walked out of the room.
I might as well enjoy myself now that I know the truth is,
you can't run from Death.

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from A Mile Away, released March 20, 2014

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"Both Happy Tooth and BDotJeff spoke to the idea that music can be therapeutic, and writing and recording is now less about reaching a larger audience than steadying the turmoil within. “You do start to question your own motivations, like, why am I doing this?” Happy Tooth said. “And I’ve realized that I love the art, and I have to make it because deep down it makes me feel better.” - MatterNews ... more

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