The Show is Over (Demo)

from Demo-Listen Derby 2020, Vol. 3 by Arend Lee Jessurun

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lyrics

Close the curtain
so none can see
the show is over
for you and me.
I’ll be hurting,
I’ll be strong,
and by the morning
you’ll be gone.

Take your flowers.
Take a bow.
It doesn’t matter
anyhow.
There are showers
in the spring.
There’s a time for
everything.

You’ll make it big
when you die
in that great gig
in the sky.
The show is over,
you’re lying there
in your favorite
rocking chair.

Once I saw you
in a dream.
“How’d you like it?”
you said to me.
I tried to call you
by your name,
but the words just
never came.

And when I woke up
I wasn’t sure
what was real
anymore.
I was so broke up
that I could die
if just to see you
on the other side.

The show is over
my dearest friend.
I paid the cover
and my respects.
The show is over,
just like you said,
and I will see you
in the end.

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from Demo-Listen Derby 2020, Vol. 3, released September 3, 2021

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Arend Lee Jessurun Los Angeles, California

Arend Lee Jessurun (they/them) is a nonbinary singer-songwriter and producer writing sincere, sometimes psychedelic, chamber folk. Their music explores the genderqueer experience and Christian faith through a hopeful lens. Arend's pure singing voice, nimble guitar arrangements, and poetic sensibility have earned them comparisons to Simon & Garfunkel, Iron & Wine, and Nick Drake. ... more

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