Spencer White of International Adult Conspiracy opens with an original song titled ‘Funeral for an Uncle,’ the first of a two-song suite about the loss of family members. The song portrays a funeral gathering with vivid imagery of grief, family reunion, and communal mourning — touching on themes of loss, celebration of life, and the rituals communities use to process death.
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[00:00:00] Here we go, 1, 2, 3, 4
[00:00:14] Funeral for an uncle
[00:00:21] One every one life
[00:00:26] Joker, toker, smoker, drinker
[00:00:31] Fought so hard and held out so long
[00:00:35] All other families here
[00:00:40] Cousins, uncles, far and near
[00:00:44] Funerals and weddings
[00:00:49] Sunday bells he used to fed
[00:00:53] We sleep in the same bed
[00:00:56] Like a girl
[00:00:58] A stranger in time
[00:01:02] As we celebrate the life
[00:01:11] Of our host to whom we touch
[00:01:15] Chimney of our very own
[00:01:20] Spirit, salt and holy ghost
[00:01:26] God bless you
[00:01:31] Barely a triumphant place
[00:01:35] Tough guys stare up to space
[00:01:39] Feel the love to us he gave
[00:01:45] Cut through like a sharpened staff
[00:01:48] Rain started and it’s him
[00:01:52] He got the blue face
[00:01:55] He got the blue face
[00:01:55] He got the blue face
[00:01:56] By the time we hit the bar
[00:02:01] We were soft and it was dark
[00:02:05] By the time we hit the floor
[00:02:10] We were soft and it was dark
[00:02:15] Up a salt heavy pole
[00:02:22] While we’re salt to every pore
[00:02:26] Doggy funeral attire
[00:02:30] Calling taxi cabs for hire
[00:02:35] This is the best way we know
[00:02:39] Celebrate the seeds we all sow
[00:02:44] Heavy porphyrial pyre
[00:02:48] For the man we all admire
[00:02:56] For the man we all admire
[00:03:26] For the man we all admire