This song is about Ultimate Frisbee!
Probably one of my best experiences at UBC has been playing rec frisbee. I've been on the same team, The God Squad, since my first year. It's regrettable that I haven't played much this year. After writing this song it makes me miss it. After all, Ultimate is a pretty important sport for my family, that's how my sister met her husband.
Steven is a big time Ultimate player. Not only is he enthusiastic for the sport, but he's good too. He's also one of the smartest people I know. Originally I felt I had to write something really philosophical, possibly all in latin, but then I remembered that Steven gets a great deal of joy from playing ultimate and just "tossing the disc around".
Steven's enthusiasm is catching, this year we had our biggest turn out yet and had a huge team. We're in the playoffs, but they're next term. One year I was on the team we got t-shirts because we were the champs. This song is for the future and the by-gone days of a team with only 7 people wearing mismatched shirts, going all the way to the T-Shirt prize.
We also attend the same evening church service. Probably to make time for both frisbee and the Lord.
To capture this joy, I used a mandolin, because I find it's very jangly and fun. Similar to the sport of frisbee.
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