Sitting around listening to a some playlists a friend sent me. Tomorrow is his funeral. Tonight I am smiling. You see, we lived our life around music. Songs aren’t just songs to us. Music not just music. We’d talk about bands that wrote better songs than we ever did. Search for truth or inspiration in their lyrics. Discover things about ourselves and the world. Some songs would remind us of certain people, places, or times. If I tried to make a playlist of songs that remind me of him it would be thousands of songs long. I’ll remember him every song I hear. Look for him in the crowd at every show I go to. Make room for him on the mic every time I sing. Feel his presence in every song I write. Sing along forever. Smiling.
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