As Soon As This Thing Is Over

by David Matzdorf

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It is 1 May 2021. A song I wrote over 30 years ago popped into my head for the first time in years.

I immediately thought that it was a bit prescient: it fits where we are right now, waiting through over a year of a pandemic for life to start up again, hoping it will be the same as it was and knowing it will be different.

So I dug out a demo I did not quite 30 years ago and here it is. I hope people will indulge, or at least be amused by the 80s/90s keyboard and drum sounds (!)

lyrics

As soon as this thing is over
The living can begin
As soon as this thing is over
Time will start again
I don’t know if I can reach the end
But I believe my time will come again
As soon as this thing is over
The living can begin

As soon as this thing is over
I will be the same again
As soon as this thing is over
Nothing will have changed
The clouds will clear from over my eyes
Somehow this Phoenix will arise
As soon as this thing is over
I will be the same

(As soon as this thing is over) As soon as this thing is over
(As soon as this thing is over) Na na na na na na na
(As soon as this thing is over) We are waiting, we are waiting
(As soon as this thing is over)

As soon as this thing is over
We will fall apart again
As soon as this thing is over
Everything will change
I don’t know if I can reach the end
But I believe that a time will never come again
As soon as this thing is over
We will fall apart again
As soon as this thing is over
We will fall apart again

(As soon as this thing is over) As soon as this thing is over
(As soon as this thing is over) Na na na na na na na
(As soon as this thing is over) We are waiting, we are waiting
(As soon as this thing is over) Na na na na na na na
(As soon as this thing is over) We are waiting here…