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Mark Twain

by Mike Vitale

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Mark Twain, born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, on November 30, 1835—two weeks after the perihelion of Halley’s Comet. “I came in with Halley’s Comet,” Mark Twain commented in 1909. “It is coming again next year. The Almighty has said, no doubt, ‘Now there are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.’” He died on April 21, 1910—one day after the comet had once again reached its perihelion.

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Mark Twain
words and music by Michael Patrick Vitale

your voyage towards the outer rim of cold and harshest flight
but back around again you turn to gem of florid white
Halley's tail spun bewitching pose to admire from the ground
or better yet you near to me as you make your sunlit round

you're a comet that brushed along the sky and then returned to its journey alone
you're a gift from the heavens of love and creation wrapped in the confines of flesh and bone
a divine spark and the emergence of light
accretion coalesced until the balance was perfect and right
perfect and right

silence looms amongst the cold alone in black and night
so I exhaust myself to bring you all my energy and light
my lambent draw at distance tugs you closer for reprise
the beginnings of our universe reflecting in your misty eyes

you're a comet that brushed along the sky and then returned to its journey alone
you're a gift from the heavens of love and creation wrapped in the confines of flesh and bone
a divine spark and the emergence of light
accretion coalesced until the balance was perfect and right
perfect and right

the mass of love that draws you closer to my warming light
melts your inner being to release you from your flight
the gift you share with spectators standing on our earth
can watch our loving embrace and our universal birth

you're a comet that brushed along the sky and then returned to its journey alone
you're a gift from the heavens of love and creation wrapped in the confines of flesh and bone
a divine spark and the emergence of light
accretion coalesced until the balance was perfect and right
perfect and right
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released August 18, 2023
Mark Twain
words and music by Michael Patrick Vitale

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Fender Rhodes Piano, Synthesizers - Mike Vitale
Drums and Percussion - Evan Stone
Bass - Paul Jones

Produced by Mike Vitale
Mixed by Andre De Santanna
Mastered by Mark Alan Miller
Engineered by Mike Vitale, Evan Stone, and Paul Jones

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Mike Vitale Los Angeles, California

Mike Vitale is a singer-songwriter and producer based out of Los Angeles, CA. When not preoccupied with other stuff, he enjoys short walks on long beaches with his two border collies, Border and Collie. He is certain that this sentence is useless, but also doesn't believe in absolutes. The dogs may or may not be fictional. All the other stuff is probably true. ... more

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