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"Children of Zenon" is the fourth and final song of my social docu-songwriting series. This represents a sort of journal entry of my own experiences these past few months. "Resilience and Hope," "Quarantine Dreams," "What About You," and "Children of Zenon." These projects have been my therapy and my catharsis through this time. I appreciate you listening and I appreciate having songwriting and art as a vehicle through which to express my emotions and move them away from my heart-center.
With love and gratitude,
Charles Duke
lyrics
“Children of Zenon”
Charles Duke
(chorus)
So when the children of Zenon, they find this song
They’re going to learn about the lives of the lost humans
During those years, the 2020s, when the world caught fire
And all the Earthlings danced on to keep from crying
My, my…
(v1)
My catharsis reeks of emo and my ego’s made of folk
And those copasetic dopes think I should just have hope
But living in the roaring 20s this is how I cope
I’m a lightning rod for spirits everywhere I go
Now somebody ought to say it, this has been a show
This new season of Earth and all her episodes
And still the countries and the characters with small time zones
Would rather fight cock battles than protect our home.
(chorus)
(v2)
I supposed it’d be responsible to bottle it in
But the way this thing’s been going, I can’t hold my gin
Oh, the times they are a’ changing and I’ve been running
But this Covid in the air has my lungs burning
And the markets are rising while people are frying
and rioting as dildos go shooting by
And the rich, they are cruising to space
And the poor got unemployment and the Union’s history was erased
(chorus)
(bridge)
Let me write my song and
Let me sing it strong and
Let me have some pride I
Let me live my life.
(v3)
My uncle’s preaching fire, he’s a brimstone twin
While my lover’s in hell and I can’t get to them
My father’s lost his mind and now I’m packing tin
No one talks about the mental when pandemic’s end
No one talks about the mental when pandemic’s end
When will we talk about this mental health pandemic we’re in
(outro chorus)
So when the children of Zenon, they find this song
They’re going to learn about the lives of the lost humans
During those years, the 2020s, when the world caught fire
And all the Earthlings danced on to keep from crying
So when the children of Zenon, they find this song
They’re going to learn about the lives of the lost humans
During the year of 2021 when the sea caught fire
And people took to social to remove their attire.
credits
released November 17, 2021
Produced, Arranged, Composed, Performed, and Written by Charles Duke
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