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The Least Impossible

from Away Is Mine by Gord Downie

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    Deluxe limited edition 2LP pressing on heavyweight 180g black vinyl cut at 45rpm. 20-track collection presented as a double album in Electric and Acoustic versions. Double gatefold jacket and die-cut inner sleeves with matte coating. Includes 24-page booklet insert featuring Gord's handwritten lyrics and 3000-word liner essay. Artwork by Clare Downie and Willo Downie.

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    Deluxe limited edition 2CD set featuring the album in Electric and Acoustic versions. Gatefold jacket with 28-page booklet insert featuring Gord's handwritten lyrics and liner essay. Artwork by Clare Downie and Willo Downie.

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lyrics

I want what’s beautiful
I don’t need what’s true
I don’t want the dark
I don’t want the end
don’t even want the dark preview

Nobody’s open
at your darkest lull
I’m not your best man.
constantly commenting
but I’m the least impossible

I try not to try
I try not to know
Up until thought itself
asks “Where do you go?”
I try not to try
I try not to know
Up until thought itself
asks “Where do you go?”

Until thought itself
asks “Where do you go?”

I know I’m no prize
Not even the best choice
I’m just the least
(the least) impossible boy – oh boy

I’m not the best choice
I’m not a choice at all
In fact: of all the boys I’m just the least
impossible
the least impossible.
Maybe I want to fail (now)
spec-tac-u-lar-ly
I don’t want to
want to just go
extinct, quietly

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from Away Is Mine, released October 16, 2020

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Gord Downie Toronto, Ontario

Gordon Downie was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the lead singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from their formation in 1984 until his passing in 2017.

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