Song for Oliver Schroer
(click here to listen to a live version)
by Peter Katz


Though I’ve got my number
I am calm here in the storm
‘Cause my hands still are hungry, spirit warm
And in view all around me
My friends have gathered near
And all I’ve ever needed is right here

And if I look too far ahead of me...

I stumble into tragedy
When really it’s not sad you see
‘Cause here I am playing my final song
And I’m doing what I’ve been doing all along

You can call it courage,
You can call it strong
But really it’s just simply carrying on
While amplifying all the good
You’ve been engaging in
With only just a few less days to squeeze all of it in

And if I look too far ahead of me...

I stumble into tragedy
When really it’s not sad you see
‘Cause here I am playing my final song
With all of your surrounding me
So when I`m free from gravity
I will know that I was never wrong,
In doing what I was doing all along

And I’m not one to tell people what it is they should do
But if you’re asking then I guess there’s one thing that I would to say to you
--Do those things you’ve always wanted to