The eighth song completed for my album "Dragon's Droppings". This one is a strangely optimistic little tune about death and dying. See below for lyrics.
T. W. Tobin - all vocals, drums, keys, instrument programming, mix, mastering.
©2025 T. W. Tobin Music and words by TWT. Album art by TWT.

DISINTEGRATING MAN
©2025 T. W. Tobin

Shuffle up my dying deck and deal out all my cards
Sell off all my rusting parts to the cosmic junkyard
Break me down and rake me down into this mother earth
Let the microbes do their dirty work to weed out any worth

But before all I was is gone and escapes this mortal coil
Before my bones disintegrate and my fibres turn to soil
Before my dust departs this sphere and starts to transit space
I only want to know one thing before my crumbs vacate this place

[chorus]
Where will my soul go? Will I retrace history’s road?
Will Confucius share his truths and Hammurabi quote his code?
Where will my soul go, as I rot to smithereens?
Will I argue with Aristotle and drink coffee with James Dean?

Dissolve me and devolve me, disassemble every bit
Ship my particles on ether trails after every atom splits
Send my segments into orbits 'round the endless galaxies
Fling my fragments into motion 'round a billion star axes

But before my molecules dismember and my dentistry decays
Before my last good suit dishevels and my fashion fades away
Before my wiry framework withers and wanders ‘cross the universe
I only want to know one thing before my flecks and specks disperse

[chorus]
Where will my soul go? Will I still have more to say?
Will I share a joke with Wilde and a drink with Hemingway?
Where will my soul go when my giblets turn to jam?
Will I doodle with Lautrec or riff a rhyme with old Khayyam?

Where will my soul go, will I join with a giant’s voice?
Will I recount heroes with Homer, jaw for hours with James Joyce?
Where will my soul go? Are there revelations to receive?
Will I get “I told you so” from H.G. Wells and even from Nietzsche?

[outro]
Where will it go?
Is that you Frank? … Allan? … Bonzo? … Gustav?
Where will it go?
Odyssée

Disintegrating Man

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WHO IS T. W. TOBIN?  
I'm a musician, songwriter, and producer-engineer-owner of Frog Song Studio based on the west coast of Canada. I've recorded, mixed, and mastered projects for many bands and artists (see samples at https://soundcloud.com/t-w-tobin/sets/frog-song-studio) in a variety of genres as well as my own original material (see https://soundcloud.com/t-w-tobin/albums), the latest of which is a collection called "Dragon's Droppings", my first new material since my album "Bark, Tuna, Bark!".

Some other history: 
FINE SPIRITS - From 2009 to 2021, I was the drummer for this Victoria, BC cover band, as well as producing and engineering our demos (see http://soundcloud.com/fine-spirits/sets). 
MOLD COLONY - I was the drummer, co-writer, and producer-engineer for two albums released by this indie alternative band (see https://soundcloud.com/mold-colony/albums). 
HOP 'N' BARLEYS - From the late 1990s through the early 2000s, I was the drummer for this Victoria-based band, producing-engineering our last tracks of original 'Secret Unreleased Material' (see https://soundcloud.com/hopnbarleys/albums).