![]() ![]() A beautiful bow on a storied and celebrated career, this stanza is a short and sweet reflection free of regret: a smiling testament to, about and from one of Canada’s most iconic contemporary writers. “Done and done Night accomplished If I had a wish I’d wish for more of this”įrom the band’s most-recent album, “Done and Done” offers a reflection that has taken on new meaning with today’s announcement. It may not have been by a century, but Downie is definitely ahead of his time in understanding you only live once, and to make the most of that opportunity. Gord was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer just over a year ago in May 2016. Years before Drake’s “YOLO” motto was Downie’s eloquent phrase, one that the former Degrassi star can definitely appreciate. Gord Downie, frontman of legendary rock band The Tragically Hip, died at the age of 53 on Tuesday night (Oct. “First thing we’d climb a tree and maybe then we’d talk Or sit silently and listen to our thoughts With illusions of someday casting a golden light No dress rehearsal, this is our life”ĭownie’s lyrics are always been pensive and thoughtful, but this lyric, from the band’s highest-charting single in Canada, embodies the gung-ho attitude that continues to propel the rockers. “Ahead by a Century” Trouble at the Henhouse 1996
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