Thursday, January 7, 2016

"Andromeda Weeps" - Starting Workup

X1
Here on this bright harbor
with sails all around
the wind blows behind us
only waves make the sound
Your eyes sparkle in the sunlight
The wind blows through your hair
out here bathed in precious love
we have no other care


And then the call to arms

Come ye, soldiers
ye, fighters
This is a
call to arms
Launch your missiles
ye, airmen
This is a
call to launch

Don't you let us down

this time


X2
Andromeda, my darling,
what would you have me do
Your love is food in Winter
and they call me now from you
Jason, you're an angel
in a place that's not for you
but someone must survive this
and start it all anew


And then the call to arms

Come ye, soldiers
ye, fighters
This is a
call to arms
Launch your missiles
ye, airmen
This is a
call to launch

Don't you let us down

this time


X3
Don't you go, lonely soldier.
This is not yours alone
We will die but be together
Soldier come on home
You cannot win this combat
There is no sense to try
The only thing to come on launch
is everyone will die.


Guitar break which hopefully is agonized and beautiful at the same time


X4

Pending - current thinking is Jason does not go to the launch and he stays with Andromeda but it doesn't go through to them frying when the enemy missiles land ... or ... maybe it can if delivered the right way.


The lyrics will get slashed because this is a ten-minute hack job but I like the perspective even if the mechanics of it may change.  I'm sure the words will generally fit the chords and can work.  The concept is honest to the original so this may happen.


Update:

X4 is way off.  They discover the alert for the missile attack against them is a false alarm ... and there was much rejoicing.

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