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Week 359 // Feast Your Eyes

by Mount Everest

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On Friday, my dear brother and his wife welcomed their second son, Charlie, into the world. I haven't met him yet, but he's a very important person to me. As I did for his older brother, I have decided to welcome Charlie to planet Earth with a song written just for him.

The avuncular thing to do is to offer whatever advice about the world I can muster, in hopes that one day Charlie might regard the sentiment with some appreciation for this earnest selection from my modest accumulated wisdom. Here is my advice:

Charlie, get used to the idea that all the best things about being alive seem a little strange at first. If life is weirding you out, something amazing might be happening. Take being born for example. You were probably alright with how things were going up until last Friday, and all of a sudden some blinding light was forcing you to abandon the only world you had ever known. That light was weird. All of those sounds were loud and weird. Some of these people seemed pretty weird! But that's ok, because you're just getting to know planet Earth, and what earthlings like to do, and what a big brother is, and how often to sleep and poop. It'll make sense later, I swear. Trust me, I've been through it too.

That's it for now. I'll offer you a lot more advice over the years (even if you don't want it), and before you know it, you'll be giving me advice, because we're family and that's what family does.

Welcome to Earth!

Love,
Uncle Jesse

P.S. Your Aunt Becca recorded some beautiful harmonies for this song, but a big computer malfunction at a very late hour forced me to post an earlier version without her contribution. I hope we can fix it so you can hear the complete version before too long!

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Feast your eyes
It's bright and new, I know
But It's the way you're made to see

See the light
It plays across the colors
In the space between the leaves

See all the different mountains you will climb
The heights to which you will be rising

See all the rivers twist across the earth
That you could chase to the horizon

And all the ways your life will change
And you will need to grow

But all that's best in life is strange at first
This you should know

Know the glow of family
That will not fade
Wherever you may wander

Embrace the love of friends you'll meet
And marvel as you make each other stronger

And all the ways your life will change
And you will need to grow

But all that's best in life is strange at first
This you should know

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released October 3, 2017

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I’ve been making up a new song every week since 2010.
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