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The End Of The Day

from This Way To The Egress by Thaddeus Spae

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And you wake up one morning in the last reel
of a movie you've already seen
with a headful of dreams and delusions
That you cannot distinguish between
on a fast track to the outback with no end in sight
but the one end that keeps us all up late at night
the fat lady's serenade, the monkey that stops every show

And you reach out for the walls of your labyrinth
And the thread that you laid down before
and you flinch at the bite of the north wind
And the distant minotaur's roar
on the corner of nowhere just trying to cope
looking forward to nothing and sideways at hope
with dark stars above you and only the shadows below

And you'll never know
what frames the debate
in the track of your tread in the furrow of your fate
that'll leave you staggering under the weight
of what you threw away
at the end of the day

And you wander through traffic searching
for the bus that you've already missed
trying to get back to the wrong turn you took
Off the paths that no longer exist
all your scheming and screaming are grist for the mill
that'll grind you to ashes if you stand too still
with only the toys in your attic to soften the blow

And you'll never know
who dunnit or how
or the weapon of choice or the shape of the prow
of the dutchman that bears down on you even now
while you're fading to gray
at the end of the day

And you wake up one morning on the last page
of a novel you've already read
and you're only too sure how it turns out
but it's too late to go back to bed
with your prizes and disguises just out of reach
one footprint away from being washed off the beach
another ancient child who wasn't done saying hello

And you'll never know
what frames the debate
in the track of your tread in the furrow of your fate
that'll leave you staggering under the weight
of what you threw away
at the end of the day

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from This Way To The Egress, released October 15, 2006

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Thaddeus Spae Seattle, Washington

A 40-year veteran of the Folk Wars, Thaddeus Spae has played venues from Tipitina's to the EMP. He's an award-winning songwriter whose works range from quirky to literate, guardedly sentimental to outraged and sarcastic, performed on a panoply of instruments acoustic and electric, in a profligate variety of styles encompassing folk, hard rock, jazz, blues, electronic and more. Website: tspae.com. ... more

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