Is There An Upside To Down?

1 week ago by @analogj

Liner Notes

This song came from a theme proposed for a weekly online open mic I co-host. The theme was playfully "Upside Down". Yet, it occurred to me whether there is or what is the upside to down when there's an awful lot of down right now in our country, the U.S. In fact, it's frustrating. Yet we individually can't contract and do nothing. We need to figure out how to make a difference and foster a sense of community and welcome.

The song is, to me, both beautiful, haunting, and sad, yet not resigned either.

Lyrics

When I read through the papers
And look all around
Is there an upside...
An upside to down?

They're pathetic, so mean
No compassion's profound
Is there an upside...
An upside to down?

There's so much betrayal
To humans on down
Is there an upside...
An upside to down?

I see the affected
I see lots of frowns
Is there an upside...
An upside to down?

And still there's the glory of glorious sights to behold
But how can we stand there and watch when they're all getting sold?

There's a man in the White House
A man who's a clown
Is there an upside...
An upside to down?

He wants to be king
And for us to bow down
Is there an upside...
An upside to down?

He continues to fraud
Tries to shake us all down
Is there an upside...
An upside to down?

He's always audacious
He always astounds
Is there an upside...
An upside to down?

And there's still all the wonder in wondrous places abound
Yet they're hell bent on owning and running those great places down.

There's one consolation
That he'll be Hell bound
That's not enough upside...
An upside to down.

And the rest of them evil,
They're also headed underground
It's not enough upside...
An upside to down.

There's an abundance of spirit and spirited people around
Try as they must, they can't grind all of us to the ground.

So we can't go under
We must keep our minds sound
There must be an upside...
An upside to down.

We'll do more than tread water
We can't let ourselves drown
There's going to be an upside...
An upside to down.

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