O' Do Not Forsake Me: Fear of Death, Relief in Song
They Might Be Giants pause the horns for pure voices in “O, Do Not Forsake Me.” Where humor, and timelessness collide.
From an early age, I had this notion that I was going to live to be one hundred years old. Eventually, I decided I’d rather live forever. Probably on account of my lifelong affliction called “afraid to die.” After my uncle died suddenly1, the idea of immortality started sounding really good; even comforting.
The Halfway Point of John Henry
“O, Do Not Forsa…
