S3E8: I'm Thinkin' Ohio

I've been told I'm bad at foreshadowing. Episode 8 has a bookstore. We meet John Demo. You've been warned.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by The Narcissist Cookbook Bug Hunter where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to download the demos, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prompt: "An Opportunity Not Yet Past----Bug's Song-----Title: What Happened To JohnChallenge: TRUE CRIMEIt's not productive to compare all our troublesplayin "who's got it worse' to one-up one anotherIts half a dozen of one, and its six of the otheryou don't want to win this gameBut the unspoken rule's now the talk of the townthe difficult truth no one dare say aloudwe all know who and we all know howbut no one wants to saycause Marty lost his job last monthand Tom's wife ain't been home too muchwe all have troubles but I'll tell you whatIt's a shame what happened to JohnMrs. Carter, well I haven't seen you out of your apartment in a couple of daysshe says my husband is halfway into handcuffs with no more hope of changing his waysI'm pinching pennies, never spending any 'cause I'll have to bail him out or bury him soonbut when I go to church he isn't worth my focus as I bow my head and sit in the pewsI'm praying for another and I'm hopin He'll respondits a shame what happened to JohnAnd Connor's cough keeps getting worseand Olli's luck has all reversedwe all have troubles that could be much worseIt's a shame what happened to JohnWe don't report it to the papers or go to the policethere's an unacknowledged understanding passing in the streetsthe entire city's sick but have learned to be discreetthat's all that can be doneThere were never conversations or plans of how to actwe didn't draft a non-disclosure or attempt to make a pactthere was a problem, we solved it, there's no more going backthe problem's finally goneAnd Miley's finally out of bedand Faith feels safe to walk againwe don't have trouble when we all pretendIt's a shame what happened to John---- Matt's Song -----Title: The First of the Everkings To DieChallenge: Foreshadowing!i met a man travelling from the north passing through my part of townhe wore a tattered overcoat, flapping open in the warm north wind, still carrying his service riflehitched underneath his armthough the barrel was rusted and the stock had near completely decomposedi didn't say a word, no point asking these guys anythingthey've got enough on their plates from having nothing on their platesbut i offered him some food i had either going spare or going badand he thanked me with a nod and he kept on walking souththey're always walking southdon't know what they hope to find down therefour other northman came passing through my part of townstacks of skin and castoff bones in those coats like rotten peltsI gave them what I had, but this time one of them stuck aroundSaid the situations worsening faster than the snow can meltHe asked me what I did down here, I said I was a writer At the very least I try to, but - he looked away he didn't careHe sat down right there in my garden, sunflowers in winterAnd he told me what to tell you, and he leftthey're always walking southdon't know what they hope to find down thereHe says it's going to happen soon, sooner than you thinkYou'll see the symbols early but you won't know they meanAnd the daydreams that you've come rest your head upon at nightAre like the permafrost, the first one of the Everkings to dieBut there's time, he says, there are chances easy missedThere are lessons needing learned before the class has chance to sitAnd if you really pay attention, really take the whole thingYou might just see where this is heading before the ending beginsthey're always walking southdon't know what they hope to find down there