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An Actuary Retires

by The Rare Occasions

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lyrics

nobody came to my retirement party
nobody cares when you’re on your way out
inconsequential and oh so replaceable
all along I thought I would’ve left with more than nothing to show

I once was hailed as the prince of invention
I once was cast as a modern Galois
nobody came to my retirement party
all along I thought I would’ve left with more than nothing to show

I place my things in a cardboard box
swiftly struck by a swivelling shard of the past
schoolyard voices swirling around
the other kids: aspiring firemen and ballerinas
me: walls plastered with equations
out to prove or disprove the magnetic monopole,
swim far from thought’s shallows,
hold experiments, teach classes
then someone said:

“there’s no money in that!
quick wit to pick apart fiction from fact
you’ve got brains, kid, go make some cash!”

with neon dollar-sign eyeballs,
Hollowed-out heart, I’m placing bets on life or death
listless drips seep through the teeming weeks
and I lose respect for myself

hope is the last of the spirit to falter
hope is a weight that drags from within
and if I’d known in the end it was worth it
I would’ve followed that hope to begin

credits

released October 13, 2015
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Engineered by Steve Sacco
Mixed by Brian McLaughlin
Produced by The Rare Occasions
Mastered by Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Cover art by Scott Halloran

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