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What You Leave Behind

from A Decent Harvest by Chris Harris

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Writing the previous track (which I performed online for World Epitaph Day, incidentally) got me thinking about the effect we have on the world. When you get to my age, the realisation that we don't live forever is always present. What will we be remembered for when we're gone?

Most of the parts for this track were recorded in single takes, including the guitar. Way outside my comfort zone, but it seemed to work. And it's a fitting closer for this album. Thanks for listening!

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As you race towards the finish
Mortality becomes a thing
Your opportunities diminish
to throw your hat into the ring

There comes a day you must decide
What others think your life has meant
Will history cast you aside,
or are you going to leave a dent?

What do you have in mind
for what you leave behind?

Will you take a final bow
and simply saunter off the stage
Or leave us marvelling at how
Your part kept leaping off the page?

What happens afterwards unknown
but if an afterlife exists
Will you be happy to be shown
Just how your legacy persists?

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from A Decent Harvest, released May 6, 2021

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Chris Harris Bristol, UK

I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.

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