Intriguing voice character, and good singing. But mostly, I really liked
the lyrics & idea, loved the guitar work, and really really liked the
overall song structure and harmonies... almost Beatles-like in some
ways. What a great ballad. This feels like one of those songs that
could be epic with London Symphony Orchestra backing. Very nice
work!
ttfn,
Drakonis - making hay while the comet shines

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This has a bit of a John Lennon arangement to it. Nice song, Thanks for sharing.

Regards
John

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Very well crafted tune. Voice is very distinctive and fits the song so darn
well. Lyrics are very strong and the guitar solo is perfect! Add a real good
mix and it equals a download. Very enjoyable!

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That really puts things in perspective! This is a cool tune, with nice lyrics and the guitar lead is just right.

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Haven't seen you around for a long time, I am glad you're back (I missed
the previous song posted), but this is such a great song! The
arrangements are so thoughout, the production are tight, the
performance incredible both in regards to the guitar and the vocals... The
song writing is superb. I can hear both Beatles, Bowie and Floyd in here,
of course done in your personal way. By far one of the best ones posted
here period. Thank you!!!

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Paul-t
I really dug the guitar solo in this...had to say so.
thanks!
mokus

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great tune.
The melodic phrases really accentuate the lyrics very well.
Those Simon Phillips drum samples sound great. I wish they were
bigger in the mix.
temporary fools......that is brilliant.

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I am very drawn to the Eastern thought you bring to the lyric here. I like
the mood you created musically to deliver your message. It just works, as
does the vocal.

Great job of constructing the drum track. Very well put together. I might
have even brought them up a bit in the mix.

This is a good song on every level, Paul.

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I always enjoy your tunes. So solid, straightforward, and your vocals have
a style that is self-effacing and sly in their delivery. Add that to this Zen
of Shrinking Lives In The Face of Big Time and you achieve a wonderful
sort of retro-future mantra. I have to admit, however, from a personal
standpoint, I don't at all mind being a temporary fool; it takes a certain
pressure off. I also have to mention that the state of being temporary
does not affect the state of meaningfulness or joy (or pain) I experience,
in my eyes. Asking for infinitude or permanence is, perhaps, the bugaboo.
I revel in my impermanence, reinventing moments until I run out. Some
people are just born happy, I think. It's in the genes. Thanks for lending
your happy voice to this solid track.

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Thanks everyone! Tobin, you nailed what I was trying to say exactly, so I'm
hopeful the message is getting through. Just because I say things like "in the
scope of time there's no such thing as happiness" doesn't there's no happiness
now. It's just that in the overall scheme of "The Big Time," as you so wonderfully
put it, happiness is largely irrelevant. The only element that can affect "The Big
Time" is global human stupidity like, umm, greenhouse gases and stuff.
Yup, there's definite wisdom in appreciating what is temporary. Nothing else
matters really, unless you believe in some sort of afterlife/spirit unbound by
planetary rules. Like, cosmic, mannnnnnnnnnn.

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I've been over the hill, now I'm coming back.

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I just watched this movie and a mother character says to her daughter, "I
lived my life for myself. You lived your life for your children. Neither
works." A perfect moment. Great song.

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I thought maybe you would be ending it with "There's only permanent fools," but I suppose in the great scope of time nothing is permanent, even fools.

Several intellectual associations are are conjured when listening to your song, such as Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" and its delineation of a immense, expanding, finite universe; Percy Schelley's "Ozymandias," the poem about an exalted king of kings reduced by time to a trunkless statue surrounded by his mighty works all reduced to sand, and Classic Western stoic philosophy, which argues that too much happiness is as unwelcome as too much sadness ... to name a few. Yet nothing seems to be quoted directly - the lyrics come off as an individual assessment of the human condition. That's nice writing. What I particularly like is the brief chorus -
You work so hard
You play so rough
And in the end it's not enough
which aptly sums up the grand proposition in a few concise words.

You sing with an understandable resignation. Yet there is a hint of a solution in "just let the spirit flow." What more can temporary fools do, except to go with the flow?

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Lovely song, Paul. That's a very nice, simple arrangement - perfect for
this song. The guitar solos were great.

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Your voice put me off a little at first but then I got into the song and
was blown away. Really beautiful stuff!! Great song and performance!

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Enjoyed the song nice and warm feel to it, share your sentiments although i,m a full time fool. keep up good work,Cheery

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What a terrific combination of lyrics, melody and arrangement. Poignant,
simple, heartfelt. It's the come-to-terms peace of realizing the transient,
impermanent nature of life and our place in the world. Your philosophical
outlook and musical sense are gifts. Really enjoyed it.

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