Phish Phrenzzy

Experiencing another Phish show last night at Shoreline after a 5 year drought had my friends and I reminiscing about the good 'ol days of college and what it was like at our very first Phish show at this very venue 10 years prior. Last night's experience was no where near as crazy and entrancing as that one thank GOD! Nonetheless, it was a great time with old friends and the music we love that brought us together. I was inspired this evening to re-read the poem I wrote 10 years ago after that first show, and reflect on how things are much different for us all in 2009 than they were in 1999. Although we are all now adults with jobs and bills and responcibilities, we've all seemed to manage to hold on to that ability to let loose and be taken over by the music and be free of any worldly concerns for a few hours. It is in that spirit that I thought I thought I'd share it here in cyberspace, with you...my 5 readers :)

DIPPED IN THE SEA FOR A

BREATH OF FRESH AIR

SURROUNDED BY PHISH

SWIMMING OUT OF THIS WORLD

I LIGHT A CANDLE

SO I CAN SEE MY WAY THROUGH

ECXITED BY WHAT I AM GETTING CLOSER TO

TREE AND THE SPINNERS

ALL DANCING IN CIRCLES

NOW I FORGET ALL MY

WORRIES AND TROUBLES

I LET IT ALL GO IN ONE MIGHTY GUSH

IT MAKES ME FEEL FREE,

AN INCREDIBLE RUSH

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF LIFE

DANCING AND DARTING TOWARD THE LIGHTS

THIS IS THE JOYOUS FEELING OF HEAVEN

DEATH IS UPON US BUT I FEEL NO PAIN

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF LIFE

DANCING AND DARTING TOWARD THE LIGHTS

THIS IS THE JOYOUS FEELING OF HEAVEN

DEATH IS UPON ME BUT I FEEL NO PAIN

FINDING MY WAY

IN THIS PLACE IS CONFUSING

BUT SOONER OR LATER

IT WON’T BE MY CHOOSING

I RUN UP THE HILL

THEN BACK DOWN THEN BACK UP

WHERE AM I GOING?

I DON’T KNOW? I GIVE UP

OCCASIONALLY I RUN INTO MYSELF

BAFFLED BY WHAT I DO SEE

I LOOK AT THE BENDING IMAGE AND ASK

HEY, IS THAT REALLY ME?

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF LIFE

DANCING AND DARTING TOWARD THE LIGHTS

THIS IS THE JOYOUS FEELING OF HEAVEN

DEATH IS UPON US BUT I FEEL NO PAIN

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF LIFE

DANCING AND DARTING TOWARD THE LIGHTS

THIS IS THE JOYOUS FEELING OF HEAVEN

DEATH IS UPON ME BUT I FEEL NO PAIN

SEEING THE IMAGE

OF GODS ON THE SCREEN

SINGING AND SMILING

ALL THE WHILE I SCREAM

MY HEAD IS SILENTLY

ASKING FOR ANSWERS

HOW HAVE I COME BY THESE

WILD ENTRANCERS

I BEGIN TO SEE LIFE FROM MY BEGINNING

REMEMBERING MY FRIENDSHIPS

ALONG THE WAY

I’VE LED A GOOD LIFE

BUT NOW IT’S ALL OVER

THE LIGHTS ALL TURN ON

AND I ROLL BACK OVER

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF LIFE

DANCING AND DARTING TOWARD THE LIGHTS

THIS IS THE JOYOUS FEELING OF HEAVEN

DEATH IS UPON US BUT I FEEL NO PAIN

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF LIFE

DANCING AND DARTING TOWARD THE LIGHTS

THIS IS THE JOYOUS FEELING OF HEAVEN

DEATH IS UPON ME BUT I FEEL NO PAIN

NOW I STAND STILL

ON THIS HILL LOOKING DOWN

EVERYTHING SLOWLY TURNS UPSIDEDOWN

I REALIZE MY FATE IS WORSE THAN DEATH

HUMILIATION IS SILENT

RETURN OF MY BREATH

BACK TO REAL LIFE

I FALL BACK IN A SLUMBER

QUICKLY I SEE MY MISTAKE

WAS A BLUNDER

GREAT IT WAS THOUGH

I WILL NEVER FORGET

THAT CRAZY ZOO OF PEOPLE

AND THE ME THAT I MET

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF LIFE

DANCING AND DARTING TOWARD THE LIGHTS

THIS IS THE JOYOUS FEELING OF HEAVEN

DEATH IS UPON ME BUT I FEEL NO PAIN

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF LIFE

DANCING AND DARTING TOWARD THE LIGHTS

THIS IS THE JOYOUS FEELING OF HEAVEN

DEATH IS UPON ME BUT I FEEL NO PAIN

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF LIFE

DANCING AND DARTING TOWARD THE LIGHTS

THIS IS THE JOYOUS FEELING OF HEAVEN

DEATH IS UPON ME BUT I FEEL NO PAIN

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF LIFE

DANCING AND DARTING TOWARD THE LIGHTS

THIS IS THE JOYOUS FEELING OF HEAVEN

DEATH NOT UPON ME BUT STILL I FEEL PAIN