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Urge for Going Lyrics by Paradox & Imperial

Grayscale

2017

Hook (Katie Carlene):
I know you had to go
But you didn't really leave
The best parts of you
Became the best parts of me
Verse 1 (Paradox):
Paul Kenneth Gray, but I called him many names
Since I was all bent out of shape as a small kid of eight
Yet even when the winds had changed, it never evolved into hate
Not even on the days I thought it was my fault he went away
Maybe it’s the case PK just wasn’t meant to stay
But I do not place much stock in the weight of tempting fates
Or trying to assign blame amidst shifting mental states
Since that’s time better spent attempting to mend ‘em straight
Plus, it’s cynical to pretend it was all bad
Cuz I grew to understand the man I eventually called "Dad"
Respected his work ethic, his career as a detective
And years of steering me clear, like when I nearly got arrested
Did what he believed best to address the wreckage
This wretched, yet intelligent mess of a step kid
Stressing school to a wise fool who’d later get the message
That the price for great education’s the sagest of investments
So his unexpected exit was bound to leave a hole
With we in the freezing cold when he skipped town under greed’s control
See, since 2003, I haven’t even received a note
Cuz he got the urge for going, and cut his strings so he could go
Verse 2 (Paradox):
Joseph Arthur Klassen or just Poppa to the grandkids
In retrospect the best example I ever had of how a man lived
Certainly imperfect, but offered all the love one can give
So that’s the standard for a boy whose “fathers” left him stranded
Always held his family dear. Never met a stranger, though
And quicker to shed a tear than he was to let his anger show
Tenderhearted and sober, no one’d known him to drink
But with a nose scarred from days taking blows in the ring
“Honorably Discharged” from the Coast Guard due to injury
Often seen chewing an unlit cigar, delighting in the simple things
Like throwing those bones on Saturday nights
Or watching boxing rocking back like he was smack dab in the fight
Hands like bear paws gripping the arms of his chair
So when the battle began, it’s like he’d already started to prepare
The pain became harder to bear, he grew a shadow of his former self
But thank God his heart was in heaven where he stored his wealth
Truly a gift to witness how the crew in his corner helped
While reports of his health hit me from a distance like mortar shells
Still loved to sit and visit, and hand out gifts at Christmas
Crying from those eyes that never ceased to speak of mischief
So when you died at 92, we spied the beauty shining through
Cuz death may have taken your breath, but it never dimmed the light in you
Intensified by that final truth we’ve yet to know
But you got the urge for going, so we had to let you go
Hook (Katie Carlene):
I know you had to go
But you didn't really leave
The best parts of you
Became the best parts of me
Outro (Paradox):
Each goodbye sets the stage for the next hello
Like the grain of wheat that, unless it dies, will never grow
Falling asleep beneath the sheets of a bed of snow
So when things get the urge for going, you have to let them go
Each goodbye sets the stage for the next hello
Like how the blood of martyrs waters the message sown
It’s the way of the world that nothing’s set in stone
So when things get the urge for going, you have to let them go
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Paradox & Imperial

Paradox & Imperial

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