I'm so grateful that Ramone offered her voice for this number.  It is a piano based ballad about a vitriolic songwriter who is nearing the end of his days and his partner who just wants him to write her something nice before he passes.

Ramone has a beautiful voice, and I've been listening to her songs at https://soundcloud.com/ra_mo_ne for a while now.  Go visit her page and have a listen :)

IF THIS IS THE LAST SONG I WRITE
HIM: If this is the last song I write
I'd like it to be one without spite
Something I'm not accustomed to
And reflects unfairly on you

But as my fingers strike chords
All my intentions are ignored
And the bitterness stored in my head
Is sprayed out of the page
Like a beast freed from cage
"Oh how hurt and betrayed" is what's said
If it's that bad a life
I should take a razor or knife
So loved ones taste the strife instead
What a pitiful groan - just leave me all alone

HER: If these are the last words you pen
Before you print them please count to ten
A ballad or soft lullaby
Would be worthy to remember you by

So in these cold lonely night as reality bites
And depression hits heights I've not known
There are words I can clutch
And though that is not much
It's far better to touch than that tome
Full of hate, hurt and lies
And the people despised
In the songs I'm surprised I was shown
Fake feelings overblown, don't leave me all alone

HIM: I did not know how you felt and though my heart is does melt
My romantic words smelt fake and foul
HER: It need not be Shakespeare - Just words that loud and clear
State your love, not the fear that you growl
BOTH: Oh how happy we are, yippie de la-de-da
But the feelings are marred by the sound
Of the pending last line oh please more time to shine

HIM: Give me time to write one song more
So I can capture all we've explored

If This Is The Last Song I Write (featuring Ramone)

Prolific musician, author, photographer and oddity.  With influences ranging from the lofi pop of Guided by Voices, the gothic melodrama of Nick Cave, the glam of Bowie and the nakedness of Iggy Pop - this is Marc Freak.  Former frontman of Freak Circus and Dead Joe.  An experiment in DIY and lofi.  The odd bum note here, the even odder bum note there.  But with art do we care?

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