GRACE DAVIS BAND DAY IN THE AFTERLIFE

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DAY IN THE AFTERLIFE Verse 1 I read the news today, oh boy Another headline floating by A thousand stories in the glow Of neon rivers in the sky He didn’t make it to the meeting The traffic lights all turned to stars Four thousand holes in something black And now he’s driving other cars Chorus Day in the afterlife Floating where the clocks unwind Acid rivers, melting time He blew his mind… and woke up fine Day in the afterlife Colors singing, shadows laugh No more weight, no turning back He blew his mind… and found the path Verse 2 He climbed out the wreckage slow Steel and glass turned into smoke The dashboard melted into flowers The radio played songs unspoken Now he’s walking through the ceiling Of a thousand yesterdays Laughing with the man he could’ve been In a mirror made of haze Bridge A crowd of eyes without a face Cheering as the curtains fall The lights went out, the film kept rolling Credits never came at all He spins inside a kaleidoscope Of every choice he didn’t take The horn still echoes in the distance But here the sound just turns to cake Verse 3 Woke up from the endless dream Or maybe fell into a new one The sky was playing violin The clouds were dripping violins His hands were leaves, his veins were roots His thoughts were schools of silver fish He laughed until the laughter cried And cried until the crying wished Final Chorus Day in the afterlife No more mornings, no alarms Just eternal traffic jams Of beautiful, impossible charms Day in the afterlife He blew his mind out in that car Stepped through the hole into the stars And found out death’s the real trip… by far Outro I read the news today, oh boy But none of it could touch him now He’s somewhere else, where “somewhere else” Is just another way to say “wow”…