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    Posted: May 26 2005 at 09:19
I was thinking about it tonight...  it would certainly be "The Final Deal" by The Flower Kings...

There's no such thing as black and total darkness...
there's no such night that's cold, and so starless...

Before we know..........the story goes
in ways we never have thought of , in wonder ways
And so we speak..........in gardens green,
We walk the bright hills of summer in Evermore

Into the sun, where dreamers run
we fight for freedom, sunlight and alltime brights
The way we've grown, the seeds we've sown
Today we're almost as high as we sail the Sky

In Love we trust, we're home at last
To Hear the sweet songs of Angels in Everlast
This dream is real, the Final Deal
It's more than we asked for in evermore, evermore..........
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of course Dream Theater "The spirit carries on"!!!
For every truth even the contrary is true...
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I will be f**king (oops, sorry) dead, so I don't care at all...
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I was just thinking about this a while ago. My parents said I was being too morbid, but I've still found a few songs:

Yes - Time and a Word
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
Jethro Tull - Requiem
ELP - Lucky Man
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Pink Floyd - Jugband Blues
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Originally posted by kingofbizzare kingofbizzare wrote:

I was just thinking about this a while ago. My parents said I was being too morbid, but I've still found a few songs:

Yes - Time and a Word
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
Jethro Tull - Requiem
ELP - Lucky Man
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Pink Floyd - Jugband Blues

As I said before I'll be dead and I don't care at all, but if somebody plays that  at my funeral I promise to resurrect and kill him

 
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            Into Forever - by Constance Demby
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Never the Same: Echolyn The Stars and Gardens version. Beautiful.

 

What can I say?
What can I do you for you?
Some are here for but a moment
Then are taken in an instant to eternity
Remember life and what's been shared with you
That you have shared

It's funny how we feel closer
With the ones that we love
When they're farthest away
You can feel them so near
Just 'round the corner the memory still clear

"Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there I did not die."
I say to you I will see you again
On the other side someday

"There's never endings only discovery,"
I tell myself over and over again
Some leave their mark in our hearts then go

It's hard to continue onward
When forever comes down it comes down so heavy
Too final to forget
You've got to believe there's something more

After the song is over
The dance goes on, so dance away
When all is said and done
Remember what's been given, not taken away
But you struggle and you strain
As the undertow pulls you down

The years will spare the rod and soften the hardest blow
...but I am never the same
With time comes a certain fading and erasing
...but I am never the same

In each man
There lies a start that has no end
A means to be more
A light that shines in its own special way

Left with cold distance
I'll always be with you
We weather the cycle
I'll always be there
So fragile to balance
Too potent to harness
Life charges past the mortal in man

Remember all the life you shared every day
There's never any endings
...but I'll never be the same

lyrics by brett kull

Here's the link to the MP3 from Echolyn's website (zip file):

 Click Here:    Never The Same
 
(This IS NOT the same version as on "As the World")

 



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Queen - Another one bites the dust
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At a College buddy's funeral (killed from living at 200MPH - not a car , a bit of drugs but not the cause of death - more like he OD'd on life in general) was played as a surprise Treat from Santana (debut album) solo on the piano that drew all of my friends and me into tears but created a scandal with his parents finding that this was not music played at his son's funeral.

We calmed them down by telling them that that piece of music represented him exactly (a small blues piano going crescendo to high energy Santana only to retreat into another similar piano pattern to finish after 5 min again in a typical Santana explosion) as we knew him, an important  facet that they did not know about their son's secret life. The father then asked for the piannist to replay and he really listened to it this time , and he was really moved also driven to tears. He bought the vinyl the very next day (actually asked me to pick up a copy for him).

I just got goose bumps writing this post, thinking of this. Guess which record I will listen to when I get home in 30 mins?
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
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Points: 20239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2005 at 11:56

I would like for the full Thick As A Brick album but in acoustic (congas instead of drums, etc...) and then have fire set to my pyre, and throw the guitar,flute and congas (maybe not the players though) that played the tune into the bonfire !!!!!! No mass , as I am atheist but a pagan feasting!

 

Actually I'd probably come back to life just to listen to it. (maybe even record it )



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Originally posted by kingofbizzare kingofbizzare wrote:

I was just thinking about this a while ago. My parents said I was being too morbid, but I've still found a few songs:

Yes - Time and a Word
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
Jethro Tull - Requiem
ELP - Lucky Man
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Pink Floyd - Jugband Blues

People at your funeral will be incredibly bored by the end of it...
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'The End' (DOORS) or 'Goodbye Cruel World' or 'Outside The Wall' (FLOYD) seem appropriate...
Marmalade...I like marmalade.
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"L'amico suicida" by Biglietto per l'Inferno...
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Points: 2373 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2005 at 13:48
That jazz standard played at funerals in New Orleans (it's "Didn't He Ramble", isn't it?).
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Points: 3491 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2005 at 14:01

Originally posted by Cluster One Cluster One wrote:

'The End' (DOORS) or 'Goodbye Cruel World' or 'Outside The Wall' (FLOYD) seem appropriate...

Yeah The End that one whuld be perfect !

But i was thinking of Fallen Angel - King Crimson, thats what i whant at my funeral.
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It has got to be Zappa's 'Zoot Allures' for me. The outro guitar section is just the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard. Heavenly.
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2005 at 14:37
"Ready to go home" by Asia is a good song for a funeral, but in reality, it should be those that remain who chose!
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Points: 1402 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2005 at 14:48
Good Question. I can't decide between playing something reflective or being able to play my choice to a captive audience ---- finally
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"Always look on the bright side of life" by Monty Python .
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Enema...by Tool....if I had to die I want to take everyone down with me.
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