I have always likened listening to 'Big Star' to climbing an infinite ladder. A Stairway To Heaven of sorts. The first few steps starts off slow. As u go higher,you realize that you are asphyxiating from the thin air. vertigo overwhelms you.Your head starts to spin. In a good way. But you trudge on reaching for omnipotence. Limbs start to tire. Breathing becomes laboured. you close your eyes. You're almost there. You can feel it. You let yourself smile. You go on further. The mind starts to wander. You feel a sense of contentment. The legs carry you higher; even though you know there's nothing greater than the feeling you have now.You inhale and then let go. Of your grip on the ladder. You look up as gravity pulls you down.You smiled like a mortal that has just felt earth's heaven. Knowing that anything else would have paled in comparison. You close your eyes as you awaits death's sweet release. And that's exactly what it is.
your beautiful realease.