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The Whole "being Dead" Thing

Biography:

THEMES is a U.S. band consisting of Jacy McIntosh and Kelsey Crawford, founded in 2005 in Santa Rosa, California.

In 2007 THEMES relocated to their previous home town, Minneapolis, Minnesota, where they recorded and released their second album War over the Great Plains. The band spent the remainder of the year touring the U.S.

In early 2008 they returned to Minneapolis to record two 7” records with Miniature Record Club: “I Can’t Make You Believe

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

BETELGEUSE sung
F#
Hey folks Begging your pardon
D
‘Scuse me Sorry to barge in
B A
Now let’s skip the tears and start on the whole
G#
Y’know

Being dead thing

F#m
You’re doomed Enjoy the singing
D
The sword of Damocles is swinging
B
And if I hear your cell-phone ringing
A
I’ll kill you myself
G#m
The whole being dead thing

Bm
Death can get a person stressed
F#
“We should have carpe’d way more diems

Now we’re never gonna see ‘em
G#m
I can show you what comes next
C#
So don’t be freaked
D
Stay in your seats

I do this bullshit like eight times a week
C#
So just relax you’ll be fine

Drink your fifty-dollar wine

And take a breath

[ENSEMBLE]

Welcome to a show about death

[BETELGEUSE]
F#
You’re…
E
You’re gonna be fine…
B
On the other side…
F#
DIE YOU’RE ALL GONNA DIE YOU’RE ALL GONNA DIE
F#
I'll...
E
I’ll be your guide
B
To the other side…

[ENSEMBLE]
D C#
Oh and full disclosure It’s a show about death

[BETELGEUSE]
Gm
Everybody gets on fine here
D#
Like Rodgers Hart and Hammerstein here
C
The women’s bathroom has no line here

Just...
N.C.
Pee where you want
A
The whole being dead thing
Gm
You’re just gonna love the folks here
D#
Yeah I know you’re woke but you can take a joke here
C
And every show I do like a TON of coke here

The whole

heavy sniffing

PAH-HAH The whole being dead thing

Cm
Nobody is bullet-proof
G
“I work out I eat clean ”
Gm F
Jesus pass the Dramamine
Cm
Time to face the brutal truth
Dm
‘Cause we’re all on a hitlist

Might not live ‘till Christmas

Choke to death on Triscuits

Hey that’s just statistics
D#
So take a little break here
G#m
Kinda like a wake here
D#m
The scenery is fake here
D# D#m
But there's a giant snake here

|Gm| |Gm| |Gm| |A#m| |C#|

[ENSEMBLE]
D#
Welcome to a show about death

[BETELGEUSE]
G
You’re…
G7
You’re gonna be fine…

THANK YOU
D
On the other side…

HOW YOU DOIN’
C
Woah Not good
G F
Ba-be-ba-ba-be-bo-boo-bap-boop!

Fm
I’ll…
D#m
I’ll be your guide
A# C
To the other side
N.C.
Seriously though this is a show about

[ENSEMBLE]
A#m Fm
Death is taboo but it’s hardly something new
A#m
There’s nothing medical professionals can do
F Fm
Cept maybe just bill you

BETELGEUSE spoken

If you die while listening to this album
F D#
It's still gonna keep playing

[ENSEMBLE]
A#m
There’s no destiny or fate
Fm
Just a terrifying wait
A#m
Filled with people that you hate
D# C
And on a certain date the universe kills you

[BETELGEUSE]

N.C.
That’s the thing with life
A#
No-one makes it out alive
C D Cm
Toss that body in the pit
G
“Gosh it’s awful ain’t it tragic ”
F
“Blah blah Bible Jesus magic ”
Cm
When you’re dead who gives a shit
Gm
No pilates no more yoga

“Namaste” you freakin’ posers

Cm
From the cradle to cremation
A#
Death just needs a little conversation
D
I have mastered the art Dies Irae
D# D
Of tearing convention apart Dies Irae

D
So how about we all make a start Dies Irae
G# D G
On the whole being dead thing

[ALL]
D G
God I hope you’re ready for a show about death