There was an expression, that rolled around when I was younger, that expressed a superlative feeling for or toward someone else. If a guy was infatuated with a girl, he might say, “She’s the living end.” I’m sure that’s lost on anybody from the young love generations these days. But I always liked it. And it’s why I used that expression to describe the larger life available to every person on the planet.
And why just “live large” now when you can have a larger life forever?
I usually take the time to clearly lay out my logic and reason (my Rhyme and Reason) to answer a question like that. But today I’m just gonna share the lyrics to a song I wrote 30 years ago. And the words are gonna be foggy and vague. At least to anyone who’d rather not think about or hear about the benefits of a relationship with their Creator.
But for any and all ears and hearts that seek truth, maybe this’ll make sense.
I hope so. Because this kind of faith, hope, and love really is…
The Living End
How can I explain the numbers in the rain?
I’d like to help illuminate the pathways to your mind.
But I am just a man; I’ll do the best I can.
I’ll show you where to look, and I’ll tell you this:
It isn’t behind.
It’s a firecracker and a windchime.
It’s a loudspeaker and a street mime.
And it’s the friction of invisible wind…It’s the living end
I should write a book; give back what I took.
It’s the kind of thing that multiplies
When you give it away.
The knowledge and the lack;
The rails that make the track…
Tend to open doors and open hearts
To what they can say.
It’s a sand pebble and the fired glass.
It’s a skyscraper and a mountain pass.
And it’s the friction of invisible wind…It’s the living end
Oh, and I’m sure I can’t make you believe,
If it’s not within your will.
Oh, and it’s been around since Adam and Eve,
And it never stood still.
How can I extol the matters of the soul?
I was never one to shake my fist and preach in the square.
No, I just always knew that faith would lead me through,
And there has to be a larger life that lasts forever out there
(repeat 1st chorus)
© 1992 Tony Funderburk
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