Pandemic’s Over Now! (thank you, Capital Cities!)

Finally, the pandemic has been declared “over” (although haven’t we all felt “over it” for a really long time already?) . . . optimistically, I initially wrote and recorded this near the end of 2021, not realizing another year and a half would pass before the official pronouncement . . . but hooray, pandemic’s over now! Thank you, Capital Cities, for your great music! May God bless you, protect you, and give you peace!

Music: “Safe and Sound” (Capital Cities)

Words by me: It’s hard to believe COVID-19’s now mutated. This contagion’s been abbreviated. Feels like waking up from a dream where things turned upside down. Hooray, pandemic’s over now! It’s over now! Who knew we’d become armchair epidemiologists? (So glad the real ones know their stuff!) Concerned by variants – alpha, beta, gamma, delta – humble omicron beat all of them. It’s over now! Pandemic’s done! It’s over now! 2023 is a new year – we can thrive. It’s such a joy to be fully alive! Let’s be here and now, fully present, fully ready for whatever comes, sunny or cloudy. Pandemic’s over now! So much good to do – look around for someone who could use a helping hand from humble you. You could be their friend even if the sky is falling down. Hooray, pandemic’s over now! Life is hard, we know. But no matter what is going on, the sun still shines on everyone. You can bring some love even in a hurricane of frowns. Hooray, pandemic’s over now! Let’s dance and shout – it’s over now! Let joy resound – it’s over now! Let’s dance and shout – it’s over now! Let joy resound – it’s over now!