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Released 4/13/2025.
Duration: 5:10.

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Lyrics:

(artist's lyrics)

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Fresh off the page of this terrible tome
You've come of age, the child is no more
Spending your days in the comfort of home
Stuck in your ways behind your bedroom door

Now is the naming of names
Where once we were just playing games
Pretending is over, it's time to go

On the thirteenth day
It will take you away
Whether you're ready or not
For what now must be done
The end has begun

One little star that hangs in the sky
Once was so far but now is far too near
Some will depart and others will die
Steady your heart and make your answer clear

Now plays the haunting refrain
The shiver that runs through your veins
Says this time is showtime or no time at all

On the thirteenth day
It will take you away
Long be the road laid before you
No others may run
The end has begun

Our guardians fail us
They cannot avail us
The course we have chosen
So rigidly frozen
Reducing to one from the infinite
Each second left that remains

So reach out your hands
For something to hold
You must understand
It can't be controlled

Now lick the taste from your lips
You circle the Möbius strips
From humble beginnings
To requiems

On the thirteenth day
It will take you away
Into the fray of a war
That will never be won
The end has begun

Artist commentary for On The Thirteenth Day:

Michael Guy Bowman: (Bandcamp about blurb)

Sixteen years ago, an adventure began! Celebrating 4/13 with a new song based on the world of Homestuck.

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Michael Guy Bowman: (Bandcamp credits blurb)

Written, performed, and produced by Michael Guy Bowman.

Art by Alice Bowman.