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This track is inspired by the peom Life by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Additional lyrics by Sylvain Poitras

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Let’s hitch a ride on the trans-can highway
We’ll be out east in under a day
And if it rains, then have no fright
I’ve got a tarp, we’ll sleep dry through the night

That’s life!
That’s life!
Hmmm, that’s life!

Eating like kings by the side of the road
Waiting in peace for the sky to explode
A drop of rain, like an ocean of tears
Waterproof tarp and our fear disappears

That’s life!
That’s life!
Hmmm, that’s life!

What better time, what better place?
To lie awake and ponder the rat race
Truth always comes with thunder at night
Lightning strikes twice and we see the blue light

That’s life!
That’s life!
Hmmm, that’s life!

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in
Minutes to smile and hours to weep in
A pint of joy to a peck of trouble
Never a laugh but the moans come double

That’s life!
That’s life!
Hmmm, that’s life!

Crust and corner that loves makes precious
Smiles to warm and tears to refresh us
Joy seems sweeter when cares come after
A moan is the finest of foils for laughter

That’s life!
That’s life!
Hmmm, that’s life!

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from whisper mysterious life, released February 5, 2021

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Sylvain Poitras Hull

A philosopher by training, Sylvain explores circularity and self-reference in the fields of video, comics and electroacoustic music: that he uses images, words or sounds, he primarily seeks to blur the boundaries between the object and its designation. Software designer and trombonist, he invented the "meta-trombone", a sophisticated processing system which leads him to the origins of free jazz. ... more

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