Edshugeo The GodMoor

Started out with a rhythm inspired by Keyop's voice from Battle of The Planets, one of three English versions of Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman. It was said by someone (I forget who) that Keyop spoke gibberish because in the Japanese original, he (Jinpei) was a foul mouthed little bastard. I speak very, very, very little Japanese, but I'm not sure there are proper curse words in Japanese. Also, I've later learned that the English versions of this show paid absolutely no attention to the original scripts, choosing instead to create whole new stories based on the visuals.

None of the above have anything to do with the song, however, and my rhythm is probably as much Ricochet Rabbit as it is Keyop.

The song was inspired by the weird feelings I had prior to a recent nightmare and also the creepiness I felt as I was emailing a friend about it, though I'd remembered almost nothing of it.

I looped some of the basic parts of the rhythm, but recorded through others. The chorus lyrics were recorded during the second chorus, then copied and pasted to the first and the last, even before I'd finished writing the second verse. I was afraid of forgetting the melody. I realize that's a bad sign, but whatever.

The song,
the words:

enveloped in light
as though I were
aflame

fiery cherubim
banished in all but name

terrible violence
and evil with
no shame

a prisoner
inside my mind
a pawn in
this game

when i come back
to what is real
can i be sure
when nightmare ends
and day begins
have i closed the door

uncertainty consumes me
and sprinkles me
with fear

an eye kept on shadow
a weapon ever near

my sanity in question
though voices
i don't hear

what is true
and what is false
do i even
care

when i come back
to what is real
can i be sure
when nightmare ends
and day begins
have i closed the door

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Labels: Anime, downloads, lyrics, my music, PsychoVoyager, song of the week

Don't Leave Me Hangin' was used as intro music on the latest episode of The Jo Ann and Stacy Show podcast. This podcast follows the progress of the television show, Survivor.

Stacy is a dude. Even though I've been aware since I was nine or ten that it's a legitimate male name, I'm always surprised when I find out a Stacy is a guy.

Anyway, I thank them both for playing my music.

Labels: my music, podcasts, PsychoVoyager

Interesting idea. I know crap about economics, but I like the way it sounds. And I think it's accessible enough to the average person, that it may spark a good deal of debate among people who normally don't talk or think about these things. Charles Murray has a book out called In Our Hands which presents an idea that proposes to replace the welfare state.

I first found out about this via Cobb who had some interesting comments and then read Murray's article here. There's also an interview with The National Review that sheds a little more light.

The most interesting opposing views, I've seen so far come from the Amazon.com reviews. I'm looking forward to more debate on this in the weeks ahead.

Labels: politics, society, solutions?