Saturday, March 21, 2015

Feeling Mortal

The lyrics to Kris Kristofferson's song, Feeling Mortal
(from the KK Records 2013 album Feeling Mortal).
               
I thought of this song as I recently installed some temporary graffiti on a snow-covered grave marker. I was, in fact, "wide awake and feeling mortal."

"Wide awake and feeling mortal
At this moment in the dream
That old man there in the mirror
And my shaky self-esteem

Here today and gone tomorrow
That’s the way it’s got to be
With an empty blue horizon
For as far as I can see

God Almighty here I am
Am I where I ought to be
I’ve begun to soon descend
Like the sun into the sea
And I thank my lucky stars
From here to eternity
For the artist that you are
And the man you made of me

Pretty speeches still unspoken
Perfect circles in the sand
Rules and promises I’ve broken
That I still don’t understand

Soon or later I’ll be leaving
I’m a winner either way
For the laughter and the loving
That I’m living with today

God Almighty here I am
Am I where I ought to be
I’ve begun to soon descend
Like the sun into the sea
And I thank my lucky stars
From here to eternity
For the artist that you are
And the man you made of me

Wide awake and feeling mortal"

Read about the album on the Kris Kristofferson website.
YouTube link to a live performance of the song.
Click to buy the album from Amazon: