I heard a song by Uncle Earl that's haunting me. It's called "One True".
The verses are happy and rolling and describe a charmed life... which
seems not unrelated to ours in happy families, fancy colleges,
generous friends, and of course the absurd work environment that is
Google (I found a cupcake at work last Friday! ...whilst in pursuit of
fro-yo, no less):
If I ever cried, I knew it wouldn't last.
Candy bars I split, I got the big half.
Knew I had strong legs and I could run fast.
and
I lived up on the mountain and the view was long.
Knew the band would always play my favorite song.
Crowd of strangers, I knew just how to belong.
Then the chorus, with a tune just as snappy, but lamenting the loss of
her one true love, and inexplicably hinting that it was connected to
this charmed life.
Of course, ruminating on that gave me a minor quarter-life crisis. And
so I thought you might like to hear it too. Besides, it's a pretty tune:
"One True" by Uncle Earl




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