On that promised morning...

January 21, 2021 12:38 PM

...we will wake and greet the dawn, knowing that your wicked life is over and that we will carry on.
posted by Sokka shot first (14 comments total)

I tried posting this on social media when Outgoing was diagnosed with COVID-19 but it didn't take.
posted by The Ardship of Cambry at 12:53 PM on January 21, 2021

Made me think of this, which I remember from Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai:

In the Kamigata area they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things.

Also brings to mind Ok Go videos projects
posted by Caxton1476 at 1:08 PM on January 21, 2021 [2 favorites]

Worth mentioning that the Johns tweeted this video out on Trump’s last full day in office.

So this song being appropriate for Trump is officially endorsed by its songwriters.
posted by sideshow at 1:14 PM on January 21, 2021 [15 favorites]

I always liked to pretend this song was about Trump, but it was released in 2011. Perhaps they were just startlingly prescient.
posted by Zargon X at 1:17 PM on January 21, 2021 [1 favorite]

I mean, yeah, and the focal person is significant, but the human tendencies that are being focused through any one person are forces that we will never be free from. We need new structures and countering forces in place because the focusing mechanisms are newly powerful and probably not going away without some kind of miracle.
posted by amtho at 2:02 PM on January 21, 2021 [5 favorites]

Probably a better memorial song for the admin than No Children.
posted by Going To Maine at 2:10 PM on January 21, 2021 [2 favorites]

When Join Us was released, I did not like this song. It certainly ticks all of the TMBG boxes sonically, but I found the lyrics too mean-spirited.

Fast forward to 2016 ...
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 2:22 PM on January 21, 2021 [3 favorites]

I've always loved this song. When it first came out, it reminded me of one person in particular that I knew, and it was cathartic for that reason. Now I could not care less where that person is, and it is delightful to realize; it is liberating.

I am feeling like I will soon be liberated from my constant loathing of Trump,* too, which will do me a great amount of good.

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* Assuming he will be in prison or at least buried under an assload of legal trouble and we will therefore never need to worry about him personally again
posted by Countess Elena at 3:08 PM on January 21, 2021 [1 favorite]

I am feeling like I will soon be liberated from my constant loathing of Trump,* too,

There is a non-zero chance that he will make headlines twice more in his life. Once for his conviction, and then... once more after that.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 4:47 PM on January 21, 2021 [1 favorite]

He needs to be kept busy.
posted by amtho at 6:09 PM on January 21, 2021

ricochet biscuit, does the second one really count as "in his life" though?
posted by augustimagination at 6:16 PM on January 21, 2021

It might be too soon to say this / but I think that we may just / see the lights come on
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:51 AM on January 22, 2021 [1 favorite]

I love this song! And last night I dreamed that I was at a party with friends when we learned that Trump had died. In conclusion, this post is reading my mind.
posted by medusa at 4:04 PM on January 22, 2021

ricochet biscuit, does the second one really count as "in his life" though?

Good point. Would you accept, "In our lifetimes?"
posted by ricochet biscuit at 2:43 PM on January 23, 2021