Song for Day 77 - "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins

Day 77 - "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins

     "I wonder if the Emperor Honorius, watching the Visigoths coming over the seventh hill, could truly realize that the Roman Empire was about to fall. This is really just another page of history, isn't it? Will this be the end of our civilization?"

        - spoken by Jean-Luc Picard, facing the Borg threat of 2366, TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds", and felt by every Democrat on November 8th, 2016.

      Bitterness comes with loss, as we see in the verses of "in the Air Tonight" about Phil's 1979 divorce.

Songwriter Phil Collins.

       Winning is like a wedding.  Or like the chorus to this song.  Once a generation we choose a new, inspirational president.  November 4, 2008.  November 3, 1992.  November 8, 1960.  On election night, we can feel victory on our skin:  the air seems verdant with chlorophyll, thick with ozone and crackling with electricity, as in the wake of a spring storm.  Time quickens its pace as we take that one, unfaltering step forward together.  The poignancy is not lessened by nostalgia or subsequent tragedy.

      We can't lose sight of the more immediate priority:   we have some serious ass to kick in 2018.  Come 2020, though, Democrats will counter some RepTealian laughingstock with one of their three best candidates, all of whom happen to be women--indeed, all women of color.  November 3rd, 2020 rates to be the longest anticipated and most delicious triumph in our history.  And, no, it won't be close.

      You heard it here first!

Lyrics to "In the Air Tonight" (1981):

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord

Well if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand
I've seen your face before my friend, but I don't know if you know who I am
Well I was there and I saw what you did, I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord

Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord
Well I remember, I remember, don't worry, how could I ever forget
It's the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence up, oh no you don't fool me
Well the hurt doesn't show, but the pain still grows
It's no stranger to you and me

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord
Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord
Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord
Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord