{"id":409,"date":"2008-12-27T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-28T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=409"},"modified":"2018-03-26T19:42:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T02:42:33","slug":"if-yesterday-was-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2008\/12\/27\/if-yesterday-was-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"If Yesterday Was Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/55TAqSPNwgY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Served up with a heaping helping of formalist irony, this work is probably a victim of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8212; uh, excuse me &#8212; inspired by &#8212;<\/span> the zeitgeist, in the form of an overheard movie review.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\" style=\"border-style: dotted; margin: 20px; width: 240px; float: right; font-size: 12px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 10px;\"><b><i>If Yesterday Was Tomorrow<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<b><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/TkMajor-IfYesterdayWasTomorrow-Ayos-2008-12-26\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\">more stream &amp; DL options<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\";font-family: arial; font-size: 78%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">VIDEO<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=55TAqSPNwgY\">this vid on YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/TkMajor-IfYesterdayWasTomorrowayos2008-12-26\">this vid at Internet Archive<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This song (below and in the vid above) may test your patience for vague mysticism, veiled romanticism, and even vaguer references to late second millennium solipsistic philosophies.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, you may think it&#8217;s <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">deep, profound, and oddly moving&#8230;<\/span> in which case, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I&#8217;ve got a couple of screening passes for you to this new movie you&#8217;ve probably heard about&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-409-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/TkMajor-IfYesterdayWasTomorrow-Ayos-2008-12-26\/AYoS-2008-12-26_If_Yesterday_Was_Tomorrow.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/TkMajor-IfYesterdayWasTomorrow-Ayos-2008-12-26\/AYoS-2008-12-26_If_Yesterday_Was_Tomorrow.mp3\">http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/TkMajor-IfYesterdayWasTomorrow-Ayos-2008-12-26\/AYoS-2008-12-26_If_Yesterday_Was_Tomorrow.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<b><i>If Yesterday Was Tomorrow<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>If yesterday was tomorrow<br \/>\nI&#8217;d still be here today<br \/>\nAs joy is born from sorrow<br \/>\nAnd night is bride to day<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">If the world and stars<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">were in my soul<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">and time was in this tear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I&#8217;d still have wandered just as far<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I&#8217;d still be standing here<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If love was not the only thing<br \/>\nthat never had to die<br \/>\nstill I&#8217;d spend my next life remembering<br \/>\nbut never knowing why<\/p>\n<p>If today was all there&#8217;d ever be<br \/>\nand tomorrow never came<br \/>\nI&#8217;d stay right here, I&#8217;d never leave<br \/>\nI&#8217;d do it all the same<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">If the world and stars<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">were in my soul<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">and time was in this tear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I&#8217;d still have wandered just as far<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I&#8217;d still be standing here&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\">(C)2008, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Served up with a heaping helping of formalist irony, this work is probably a victim of &#8212; uh, excuse me &#8212; inspired by &#8212; the zeitgeist, in the form of an overheard movie review. 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