“march 23rd hushed the wind, the music died

if you can’t get the best of us now

it’s cause this is forever.”

This is forever.

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One year ago, I was in Florida, just like I am while I type this.

I went out to bar. It was like any other night on a small work vacation.

I got a call from my friend Joe.

You know when you can “sense” something bad had happened?

He told me to go outside of the bar cause he needed to talk to me.

He preceded to tell me that our friend George had died.

george
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March 23rd is George’s Birthday. There is a song by the band At the Drive-in

called Napoleon Solo.

It is about two friends of the band’s that died on March 23rd.

I loved the song and would play it for George all the time,

since it mentions his birthday.

Every second week of March, George would call me and tell me about a party

or something that was happening for his birthday. He would always

sing the chorus to me,

“march 23rd hushed the wind, the music died

if you can’t get the best of us now

it’s cause this is forever.”

This is forever.

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The lyrics mean something completely different to me now..

Just because we lose someone,

they are not gone forever.

As long as people are around who remember them, they never disappear.

“strum this broken harp

we were struck by the chords to your heart”

George, THIS IS FOREVER.

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lyrics to Napoleon Solo