22,000 Days

Album: Long Distance Voyager (1981)
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Songfacts®:

  • 22,000 days represents the average life expectancy of a human: 60 years, 115 days (counting leap years). This was accurate in 1973, and was a bit higher when the song was written. Over the next few decades, life expectancy increased rapidly, to 71 in 2015.

    But this song is not about statistics. It's about making the most of our time on Earth, knowing it won't last forever.
  • This was written by drummer Graeme Edge, who also wrote the Late Lament section of the song "Nights in White Satin."

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