An Ode to Artists
poem
An Ode to Artists
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"Nah, I'm a White guy!" came the call of a generation
Forever lost and never found, a generation captured
Enslaved, enchained, given to degenerate damnation
Yet a blue-collared Sky-King enraptured
The spirit of a generation
Hail to the artists, who in the darkest hours
Continue to praise the deeds of the unseen
The actions of the great and noble heroes
The heroes of our scene
The men of flowers
Hail to the artists, those who never forget
The deeds of the damned and forgotten
Those who toil endlessly to bleed sweat
Those who live and die for this nation
The artist will not rest
Hail to the artists with anonymous silhouette
Their memes flow into the public sphere
Their memes dominate the Internet
This is their time, their year
They will never forget
It is our time now, so arise young men of the West
The stage is ready, the crowd aches for blood
We are both the worst and the best
Amalgamations of gold and crud
Hard-working menHail victory! Thank you, and good-end! o///
I'm a no one by name, just a blue collared guy
A cog in the clock of time passing by
Well I watch the planes come in and head where they're bound
And I look to the sky, but I'm stuck on the ground
Each night I would dream I'd fly like a bird
I'd tumble and soar far from the world
With the wind at my back and my Mondays below
I'd wake in the dive of that last barrel roll
She took off like the devil, with the sun in my eye
My foot to the metal, and the world passing by
Well the view up here's pretty, and all I can hear
Is sweet nothing whispering into my ear
That day I did wake, and flew like a bird
I tumbled and soared, far from the herd
With the wind at my back and my troubles below
Boys, I'm coming in steep for to finish the roll
-Lyrics
Hail Sky King! Out of all the meme legends: Uncle Ted, Killdozer, etc. Sky King's the best of them. He wasn't some schizo writer living in a cabin and sending "messages". He wasn't a business owner being screwed over by local government and families. He was just a guy, the every man. He could've been anyone of us. Rip Sky King. Godspeed!