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26 | link: riptide_memory | 26 | link: riptide_memory |
27 | ... | 27 | ... |
28 | 28 | ||
29 | If Justin Bieber isn't going for the sixteenth \ | 29 | | If Justin Bieber isn't going for the sixteenth |
30 | chapel, I'm not either. I admit he is my role \ | 30 | | chapel, I'm not either. I admit he is my role |
31 | model. He's so current, so fresh and so new, \ | 31 | | model. He's so current, so fresh and so new, |
32 | and Michelangelo is so old, his art so dated. \ | 32 | | and Michelangelo is so old, his art so dated. |
33 | Where is the love in those old paintings? All \ | 33 | | Where is the love in those old paintings? All |
34 | I see is [creation][], [judgment][], and [death][]--- | 34 | | I see is [creation][], [judgment][], and [death][]--- |
35 | 35 | ||
36 | and I don't get the preoccupation with death. \ | 36 | | and I don't get the preoccupation with death. |
37 | I'm about life! Ever since my sixteenth \ | 37 | | I'm about life! Ever since my sixteenth |
38 | birthday, when me and my two sisters all \ | 38 | | birthday, when me and my two sisters all |
39 | nearly died when the car I was driving rolled \ | 39 | | nearly died when the car I was driving rolled |
40 | into a creek. Even though I've [forgotten the date][], \ | 40 | | into a creek. Even though I've [forgotten the date][], |
41 | I think it keeps me thinking on the new, | 41 | | I think it keeps me thinking on the new, |
42 | 42 | ||
43 | something Biebs would be proud of if he knew. \ | 43 | | something Biebs would be proud of if he knew. |
44 | I look at him, and see the [opposite of death][] \ | 44 | | I look at him, and see the [opposite of death][] |
45 | in his eyes, his youthful smile: though someday \ | 45 | | in his eyes, his youthful smile: though someday |
46 | he may [be a father][], and later host a Sweet Sixteen \ | 46 | | he may [be a father][], and later host a Sweet Sixteen |
47 | for his daughter (who I know he'll buy a Rolls), \ | 47 | | for his daughter (who I know he'll buy a Rolls), |
48 | death will never find him. Living will be all | 48 | | death will never find him. Living will be all |
49 | 49 | ||
50 | he'll ever do, because it will be all \ | 50 | | he'll ever do, because it will be all |
51 | he'll ever need to do. He is the eternal new, \ | 51 | | he'll ever need to do. He is the eternal new, |
52 | the [forever youth:][] this is the simple [role][] \ | 52 | | the [forever youth:][] this is the simple [role][] |
53 | of every celebrity, to let us forget death. \ | 53 | | of every celebrity, to let us forget death. |
54 | Bieber didn't make a mistake on the Sistine \ | 54 | | Bieber didn't make a mistake on the Sistine |
55 | Chapel's name. He merely showed that someday | 55 | | Chapel's name. He merely showed that someday |
56 | 56 | ||
57 | all old names must go, that on some day \ | 57 | | all old names must go, that on some day |
58 | a name must die so that the thing, which is all \ | 58 | | a name must die so that the thing, which is all |
59 | that matters, can stay as it was in the sixteenth \ | 59 | | that matters, can stay as it was in the sixteenth |
60 | century: fresh, ostentatious, and brand new. \ | 60 | | century: fresh, ostentatious, and brand new. |
61 | In a way, [the name becomes a Christ][], experiencing death \ | 61 | | In a way, [the name becomes a Christ][], experiencing death |
62 | so the world doesn't have to. But I am wary of this role | 62 | | so the world doesn't have to. But I am wary of this role |
63 | 63 | ||
64 | for a name. It seems a name gives meaning, rolls \ | 64 | | for a name. It seems a name gives meaning, rolls |
65 | the general idea together with the concrete, daily \ | 65 | | the general idea together with the concrete, daily |
66 | toil of the mundane. Are not life and death \ | 66 | | toil of the mundane. Are not life and death |
67 | intertwined? Is not everything tied up all \ | 67 | | intertwined? Is not everything tied up all |
68 | with everything? I guess I'm saying the new \ | 68 | | with everything? I guess I'm saying the new |
69 | necessarily comes from the old, as every sixteen- | 69 | | necessarily comes from the old, as every sixteen- |
70 | 70 | ||
71 | year-old has a parent. [Life rolls to death][], and all \ | 71 | | year-old has a parent. [Life rolls to death][], and all |
72 | is tied together. Each day is born of night, and dies so new \ | 72 | | is tied together. Each day is born of night, and dies so new |
73 | morning can occur. Even the sixteenth chapel holds death. | 73 | | morning can occur. Even the sixteenth chapel holds death. |
74 | 74 | ||
75 | [role]: words-meaning.html | 75 | [role]: words-meaning.html |
76 | [death]: deathstrumpet.html | 76 | [death]: deathstrumpet.html |