You wanted to be better.
But you couldn’t be.
So I was instead.
I was better.
I was more forgiving.
More optimistic.
More kind.
And then you couldn’t get better.
***
Yet, you became better.
More forgiving.
More optimistic.
More kind.
Leaving me with the person
Who I always wished you to be.
Always wanted to run to.
Always wanted to hear the words,
“I love you” from.
And then you disappeared.
Dispersing into the ether.
***
I’m nostalgic for when you
Weren’t better.
Because maybe
This would be easier.
And I wouldn’t have
To be better
On my own.
***
The double edged sword
That abhorred familiarity
Played its last chord.
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KB
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (2)
I've heard from people of how when their partners got better, they left them. It's just so heartbreaking. I'm so sorry this happened to you 🥺 Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️
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