RIP TA59

Intro: Takeshi

So here we stand

Silence broken by what you're about to hear

(pauses)

Yeah, you feel it? The tension in the air?

Background voices (hushed): It’s time, keep going, don’t stop now

Somewhere along this line, we lost our way

Fighting shadows, forgetting the day

(pauses)

You remember why we started at all?

Background voices (echoing): Why did we, why did we, why did we—

Spoken: Takeshi

It’s not about the finish line, it’s the road and the wrongs

(pauses)

Don’t let the weight make you small

Don’t let the voices say you can’t

We build from the dust, but never from defeat

(Background: humming, faint agreement)

A longer pause

And even when you stand alone

even when the night feels too long

you are still the spark in the dawn

you are still the reason for a song

(pauses, breath)

(Takeshi, softly)

Thank you for listening, for thinking, for being

(Background: murmurs)