"In All of the World"

“Bands ah make ha dance?”

Sounds good, but does it REALLY sound good?

Laid off for a year,

Catalyst for “changing the game.”

What you don’t understand is:

We ARE the game.

Underneath your superficial school pride

Lie feelings of “DAMN! How do they do it?”

It’s not magic; it’s hard work.

It’s TRUE pride.

The Maestro was a mastermind;

Engineering a well-oiled machine that

Stands the test of time.

And it has. It will.

Through naysayers, haters, whatever names you may call

Those who never have anything good to say,

It’s glitz, glamour, fortitude;

Most of all it’s an experience.

The sound… of experience.

The difference is as clear as the

Lakes of the Nordic fjords.

While you continue to forge a path,

You’ve forgotten about that 66-mile trench

That has been there. And getting longer.

Deeper that the hum of your basses.

The tone as pure as your cleanest piccolo.

THAT trench, dug by thousands of bandsmen

Who wanted nothing more than to give you a show.

An experience.

So go on and bump your gums,

‘Cuz the band has made ‘em dance’

Is making ‘em dance; will make ‘em dance.

Just remember your first time hearing

“BOOM, BOOM; BOOM BOOM!”

It was… an experience.  THE experience.

You haven’t forgotten it; you can’t forget it.

And you anticipate when again you are acquainted.

[KLJ12202012]