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Bad Times​/​The Door (That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do)

from Lost In Translation by Soy La Vid

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Loosely based on Luke 16 and Ivan Albright's work entitled "That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door)"

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The Door (That Which I Should’ve Done I Did Not Do)
I don’t think Death would knock; he barges in/
And makes himself a drink without askin’/
He casually, off-handedly begins/
“Pack your things”, he says and/
Jangles keys and taps his feet at twice the speed/
The second hand, as midnight closes in/

That which I should’ve done – I did not do/
You won’t believe me – even if I told you/
That which I should’ve done – I did not do/
Someone warn my family – someone/

“Well Lazarus, whatcha doin’ here?”, I say/
His beggin’ hands are folded as if to pray/
His beggin hands – decrepid and decayed/
“Right this way” he says and takes one key from Death/
And frees the door from sleep/
Whose coffin grin obscures the passageway/

That which I should’ve done – I did not do/
You won’t believe me – even if I told you/
That which I should’ve done – I did not do/
You gotta get me out of here – get me out of here/

“Don’t I have a choice in this?”, I plead/
“You chose”, Death said, “for fifty-seven years/
“You lived it up and you lived it out and you lived it miserly/
“So go on through”, he says, “deprived your keys to penthouse suites/
Your Porsche GT, Americanny dreams/
The bell – it tolls for thee/

That which I should’ve done – I did not do/
You won’t believe me – even if I told you/
That which I should’ve done – I did not do/
I thought there would be a light at the end of this/

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from Lost In Translation, released March 6, 2012

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Soy La Vid Indianapolis, Indiana

Soy La Vid is the musical whimsy of Mark Abdon. Graduated from DePauw U. and now hailing Indianapolis, IN - current interests include Cinnamon Toast Crunch, tall mountains, Jesus, living in the 'hood, and his wife Laura.

Musical parents include the unlikely matrimony of such persons as Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Coldplay, The National, George Winston, Sarah McLachlan, Hammock, and yes... Enya ... more

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