I had seen her once before in a cosmic moment, I can’t remember where.
No words were spoken, and now again,
our eyes were locked in a room full of people.
She kept looking, never moving her gaze.
Not for a second.
I knew I had to move.
The fates were providing me a chance that I would not- could not ignore.
My feet were moving before I could talk myself out of it.
I split the crowd like a surfer through waves and washed up on that dreamy shore.
Now we stood in front of one another, no words coming to either of us.
That cosmic feeling returned as if the stars aligned on that very spot.
I didn’t sweat or shift my weight, awkwardly trying to force words out.
I was in blissful silence.
The woman looked up at me, her soft dark features would have been expressionless.
But those eyes, those mysterious, deep eyes sparkled with wonder.
She held up a hand, still making eye contact.
I took it, her skin was warm and soft.
I opened my mouth to speak.
Then we were moving.
The woman guided me gently through the crowd.
Out of stone archways and into the still night air.
The stars fell like snow around us.
An enormous moon held up the sky, illuminating our features.
The woman turned to me once more, her straight nose, sharp cheekbones, and soft angelic lips took my breath in the moonlight.
I know you. She says quietly. Stars catching in her long eyelashes.
Her voice took away any chill from the night air.
You do. And I know you. I said hoarsely.
The stars were sticking in her hair and to her clothes.
I knew they must be on mine too.
Tell me my name. She whispered.
Daphne, like the flower.
And yours is Paris, She laid a hand on my cheek.
Your hair matches your eyes.
Blond?
Beautiful.
My heart smiled.
I had never been called handsome – or beautiful.
I felt recognized.
You know me. I said. And you already know your worth. But you are breathtaking.
She smiled revealing dimples.
I know you and you know my worth too.
I do. You are valued beyond riches and kingdoms, my heart bleeds for you.
Do you know your worth? Daphne asked.
Show me.
She stretched out her hand and caught the falling stars.
They fall for you. She said. They fall to kneel at your feet. You are a king.
The stars don’t fall for me. Daphne. I said in a small voice.
She walked me to the far side of the stone courtyard through crumbling archways.
She pointed to the sky.
The moonlight travels thousands of miles just to touch your face.
I’m just one in hundreds of people that the moonlight touches. I dismissed the thought.
Daphne sighed.
You are the only one I’m with tonight. Paris.
If the stars don’t fall for you, and the moon doesn’t shine for you. Then I am.
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Frankie Valli
[Verse 1]
You’re just too good to be true
Can’t take my eyes off of you
You’d be like Heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I’m alive
You’re just too good to be true
Can’t take my eyes off you
[Verse 2]
Pardon the way that I stare
There’s nothing else to compare
The sight of you leaves me weak
There are no words left to speak
But if you feel like I feel
Please let me know that it’s real
You’re just too good to be true
Can’t take my eyes off you
[Chorus]
I love you, baby, and if it’s quite alright
I need you, baby, to warm the lonely night
I love you, baby, trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby, don’t bring me down, I pray
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby, let me love you
[Verse 3]
You’re just too good to be true
Can’t take my eyes off you
You’d be like Heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I’m alive
You’re just too good to be true
Can’t take my eyes off you
[Chorus]
I love you, baby, and if it’s quite alright
I need you, baby, to warm the lonely night
I love you, baby, trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby, don’t bring me down, I pray
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby, let me love you
[Chorus]
I love you, baby, and if it’s quite alright
I need you, baby, to warm the lonely night
I love you, baby, trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby, don’t bring me down, I pray
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby, let me love you
Knowledge Drop: Lauryn Hill Reportedly Recorded “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” While Lying On The Floor
Sabrina Carpenter – Eyes Wide Open
Lyrics
La di da da da na
Yeah
Everybody loves to tell me I was born an old soul
Better keep my eyes wide open
There’s so much that I don’t know
Just another hotel room
Never felt so all alone
I think about my granddad’s eyes,
And they always send me home
I can almost hear him now
Gotta make him proud
I keep my eyes wide open
Bless this ground, unbroken
I’m about to make my way
Heaven help me keep my faith
And my eyes wide open
La
Whoa
I can’t see two steps ahead of me,
When the fog comes rollin’ in
I never thought I’d miss the rain
Lord knows how long it’s been
This dream burns inside of me,
And I can’t just let it go
There’s still so much that I don’t know
I keep my eyes wide open
Bless this ground, unbroken
I’m about to make my way
Heaven help me keep my faith
And my eyes wide open, yeah
All I have is just this moment
And I don’t want to miss a second
‘Cause it could all be gone in an instant
Yeah, in an instant
I keep my eyes wide open
Bless this ground, unbroken
I’m about to make my way
Heaven help me keep my faith
And my eyes wide open
I’m about to make my way
Heaven help me keep my faith
My eyes wide open
Keep my eyes wide open
I’m jealous, I’m overzealous
When I’m down, I get real down
When I’m high, I don’t come down
I get angry, baby, believe me
I could love you just like that
And I could leave you just as fast
But you don’t judge me
‘Cause if you did, baby, I would judge you too
No, you don’t judge me
‘Cause if you did, baby, I would judge you too
‘Cause I got issues
But you got ’em too
So give ’em all to me
And I’ll give mine to you
Bask in the glory
Of all our problems
‘Cause we got the kind of love
It takes to solve ’em
Yeah, I got issues
And one of them is how bad I need you
You do shit on purpose
You get mad and you break things
Feel bad, try to fix things
But you’re perfect
Poorly wired circuit
And got hands like an ocean
Push you out, pull you back in
‘Cause you don’t judge me
‘Cause if you did, baby, I would judge you too
No, you don’t judge me
‘Cause you see it from the same point of view
‘Cause I got issues
But you got ’em too
So give ’em all to me
And I’ll give mine to you
Bask in the glory
Of all our problems
‘Cause we got the kind of love
It takes to solve ’em
Yeah, I got issues
And one of them is how bad I need you
(I got issues, you got ’em too)
And one of them is how bad I need you
(I got issues, you got ’em too)
‘Cause I got issues
(I got)
But you got ’em too
So give ’em all to me
(You got ’em too)
And I’ll give mine to you
Bask in the glory
(I got issues)
Of all our problems
‘Cause we got the kind of love
(You got ’em too)
It takes to solve ’em
Yeah, I got issues (I got)
And one of them is how bad I need you (You got ’em too)
Yeah, I got issues (I got issues)
And one of them is how bad I need you (You got ’em too)
Yeah, I got issues (I got)
And one of them is how bad I need you
She is running
A hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction
She is trying
But the canyon’s ever widening
In the depths of her cold heart
So she sets out on another misadventure just to find
She’s another two years older
And she’s three more steps behind
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
Or does anybody even know she’s going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that’s tucked away in you and me
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
She is yearning
For shelter and affection
That she never found at home
She is searching
For a hero to ride in
To ride in and save the day
And in walks her Prince Charming
And he knows just what to say
Momentary lapse of reason
And she gives herself away
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
Or does anybody even know she’s going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that’s tucked away in you and me
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
If judgement looms under every steeple
If lofty glances from lofty people
Can’t see past her scarlet letter
And we never even met her
Never even met her
(Never Even Met her)
Does anybody hear her? Does anybody see?
Or does anybody even know she’s going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that’s tucked away in you and me
Does anybody hear her? Does anybody see?
Does anybody even know she’s going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that’s tucked away in you and me
Does anybody hear her? Does anybody see?
He is running
A hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction
I do some weird things with recorded music creating sound tracks.
For example, on “Children” I used three different pieces of music.
The main piece of music has instrumental with it and angelic voices of women. It is a cover by Sandra Turley. It’s 118 BPM and in C major. I changed that to 129 bpm to match the G major Three Dog Night version of “Prayer for the Children.” The piece that is overlaid and causes the most dissonance with the Tabernacle Choirs version in C major and 118 bpm. I change the bpm to 129 to match Three Dog Night.
So I can get all the beats per minute to match just fine or close enough.
I had some other covers but they were in minor keys. So I didn’t use them.
But when I open each file in Audacity, it never matches the same reading. So I count the steps difference and relatively increase or decrease the pitch. It never matches. A guessing game.
I would have liked to have gotten all these into C major like the main vocal part.
Prayer Of The Children
by Kurt Bestor
Can you hear the prayer of the children
On bended knee, in the shadow of an unknown room?
Empty eyes, with no more tears to cry
Turning heavenward, toward the light
Crying, “Jesus, help me
To see the morning light of one more day;
But if I should die before I wake
I pray my soul to take.”
Can you feel the heart of the children
Aching for home, for something of their very own?
Reaching hands, with nothing to hold on to
But hope for a better day, a better day
Crying, “Jesus, help me
To feel the love again in my own land;
But if unknown roads lead away from home
Give me loving arms, away from harm.”
Can you hear the voice of the children
Softly pleading for silence in a shattered world?
Angry guns preach a gospel full of hate
Blood of the innocent on their hands
Crying, “Jesus, help me
To feel the sun again upon my face;
For when darkness clears I know you’re near
Bringing peace again.”
7:24 Minutes This poem is about fear of abandonment.
Male – he is a water driller (cowboy-type, reluctant hero). Feels slight insecure about his masculinity. Female – she is a confident trained military soldier. He is attracted to her. She feigns no attraction to him. Contempt. They are being evacuated from a cooked planet. It’s dying as it’s sucked into the closest star. The sabotaged last rocket explodes and crashes to the planet surface in a barren zone. The air is too hot and poisonous to breathe. They’re in spacesuits and communicate via radio.
Thought I’d share this conversation with Ed Jenkins who did the male voiceover for “Longday”:
Ed Jenkins Mar 19, 6:15 AM
Oh wow, that sounds amazing! Whoever you got to voice Kahira really puts me to shame.
Steve’s reply:
Female voiceover is Chloe Wigmore: Fiver talent because of Covid. I’ll be improving the visuals and some sound effects. So it will go through another iteration. And your voice is perfect for what we’re doing. Don’t compare. It will only bring you unhappiness and dissatisfaction. Of course, anxiety can be a great motivator.
Never use Chloe as your benchmark. Just look and see if you improved your own journey. When you see someone at the top of the ladder, you know they didn’t fall there.
The original 2017 short story “Last Planet from Planet Longday” is a 45-minute read. I took one scene as an excerpt – the one you just made. It was the scene with the most interesting dialog. It’s about 4 minutes. Visually boring.
But the script was lost. I had a transcript made. That took one day with Fiver talent in India. I built an MP3 as reference for pronunciation of fabricated names and places. The synthetic voices are Amazon Polly. That probably cost 15 cents.
“Last Rocket from Planet Longday” is a sci-fi conversation between a marooned man and woman. In reality, I think they’re two of my internal voices. Self-talk.
Longday was my first video attempt and so dismal my son Levi and brother Brad (both creatives) gave it a thumbs down. I didn’t do another video for an entire year. It was long and I used male and female synthetic voice for the voice track. I had no money for voice talent at the time.
I decided I’d adopt the mantra “Embrace Mediocrity.” And I started producing one “mediocre” video per week. This version of “Longday” is my 129th video.
Jade the poetess said: “I love the rocket video. The voiceovers are amazing.”
STORY
Male Speaker: Hi, Thomas wake up. Can you hear me?
Female Speaker: Oh, hey. What’s happening?
Male Speaker: We’ve crashed. Everyone’s dead. But you and I and two unlucky cargo robots. We survived. You hearing me?
Female Speaker: My communication’s fine. Where are we?
Male Speaker: No clue. Surface of Longday – but I couldn’t tell you where. What’s up with the red flashing light on your suit?
Female Speaker: I must have sat closest to the explosive.
Male Speaker: Radiation?
Female Speaker: Seems like it. We weren’t leaving this floating rock — not alive anyway. Sabotage.
Male Speaker: Four of my friends are dead. You and I may not make it. Who’d do something so – sinister – and why?
Female Speaker: No time to explain. They’re looking for wreckage – and any survivors.
Male Speaker: You mean whoever they are, will hunt us and kill us. Because there’s something we’re not supposed to know?
Female Speaker: You’re smarter than you look. I don’t know everything – yet. But anyone who knows the truth about this is gone.
Male Speaker: You mean gone –- as in – dead?
Female Speaker: I think so.
Male Speaker: What’s your role in this conspiracy?
Female Speaker: Remember that hole in my suit, no accident. I found out too much. As for your friends, I’m sorry.
Male Speaker: Sorry? You might have warned us. You suspected danger.
Female Speaker: I didn’t know they’d crash the rocket, but it makes sense now.
Male Speaker: Sister, I’m a low-class water driller, I’m no warrior.
Female Speaker: The only way getting off this planet is fight or die.
Male Speaker: Okay, I’ll think about it. But listen, you’re the first woman friend I’ve had for over three years. Can you at least tell me your first name so I don’t have to call you Thomas?
Female Speaker: Thomas bothers you?
Male Speaker: Well, sort of. Not a man’s name.
Female Speaker: Not a man’s name?
Male Speaker: I’d rather not think of you as male.
Female Speaker: Male, very well. My name’s Kahira – an Irish warrior name for strong women –- but not women friends. Get it? That’s why they call me Thomas.
Male Speaker: Kahira? Nice name. It’s unique.
Female Speaker: Fine. But knowing my name doesn’t make me your woman friend. I don’t care if it’s five years.
Male Speaker: Right, been three years. So what do you propose?
Female Speaker: There’s an entrance, we’ve got to get there. It will take us below the surface.
Male Speaker: Is it occupied?
Female Speaker: We’ll find out.
Male Speaker: Kahira?
Female Speaker: What?
Male Speaker: Practicing your name.
Female Speaker: You’re a desperate idiot.
Male Speaker: My bad. We can travel inside the robots while we sleep — but they’ll need planetary coordinates. You got anything? Here’s how you get inside these robots.
Female Speaker: I know that. I’ve had survival training.
Male Speaker: Okay. Once inside, recharge your suit through this cable.
Female Speaker: Right.
Male Speaker: Oh. You know that also. Do you know how to load the planetary coordinates to get us to this entrance?
Female Speaker: I’m no fool.
Male Speaker: Okay, fine. Show me you know this stuff by doing it right now — please. One last thing, here’s a flare gun. If we get separated, use it to identify your location. Sorry, doubting your abilities.
Female Speaker: You’re forgiven. We better get moving.
Male Speaker: How long do you estimate it’ll take?
Female Speaker: Hours most likely. I recommend getting some sleep.
Male Speaker: Can we talk?
Female Speaker: No, sleep.
Male Speaker: Kahira, your communication on? Kahira are you there? Hello, hello?
Hello?
609 words
PSYCHOLOGICAL DREAM INTERPRETATION OF SYMBOLS
Male Speaker: Hi, Thomas wake up. Can you hear me?
The subconscious mind: sleeping. It is telling me that I may not be alert or informed about a particular situation.
Female Speaker: Oh, hey. What’s happening?
To dream that you are waking up in your dream indicates that something is missing or lacking in your life.
Male Speaker: We’ve crashed. Everyone’s dead. But you and I and two unlucky cargo robots. We survived. You hearing me?
To dream that you are in an accident signifies pent-up guilt in which you are subconsciously punishing yourself over. deep anxieties and fears.
To dream that a loved one dies in an accident indicates that something within your own Self is no longer functional and is “dead”.
To see a robot in your dream indicates that you are going about life in a mechanical, methodical and rigid way. You have lost the ability to express your feelings.
To dream of surviving represents feelings about needing to endure a problem situation.
Female Speaker: My communication’s fine. Where are we?
To dream that you have difficulties communicating represents low self esteem and feelings of inadequacy.
To dream that someone else is lost represents some unresolved issues or feelings pertaining to the person that is lost.
Male Speaker: No clue. Surface of Longday – but I couldn’t tell you where. What’s up with the red flashing light on your suit?
some hidden aspect of yourself is coming to the surface.
To receive a warning in your dream indicates that something in your waking life is in need of your attention.
Female Speaker: I must have sat closest to the explosive.
To see explosions in your dream symbolize your repressed anger. The rage that you have been holding in has come to the surface in a forceful and violent manner. Your subconscious is trying to get your attention.
The bomb could represent repressed desires and unexpressed emotions that are on the verge of exploding or bursting if not dealt with soon.
Male Speaker: Radiation?
To dream that you are exposed to radiation indicates that you are surrounded by a lot of negativity in your waking life. You are feeling overwhelmed.
Female Speaker: Seems like it. We weren’t leaving this floating rock — not alive anyway. Sabotage.
To see a planet in your dream signifies creativity, exploration, and new adventures. You are trying to align yourself with untapped energies that you never knew you had. Alternatively, to dream of planets, suggests that you are trying to escape from your own waking reality.
To dream that you discover life on a new planet refers to your desire to escape from a current situation. Alternatively, the dream represents your own self-discovery. You have uncovered a part of yourself that you did not realize existed within yourself.
Male Speaker: Four of my friends are dead. You and I may not make it. Who’d do something so – sinister – and why?
To dream that someone or something is evil denotes a repressed and/or forbidden aspect of yourself.
Dreaming of your own death symbolizes inner changes, transformation, self-discovery and positive development that is happening within you or your life.
Female Speaker: No time to explain. They’re looking for wreckage – and any survivors.
To dream about time indicates your fears of not being able to cope with the pressures and stresses of everyday life. If time is flying or moving slowly, then it is analogous to aging and growing old.
To dream that you do not have enough time signifies stress, anxiety and fear. You may feel that time is running out in a business or personal matter.
Wreckage: the remains of something that has been badly damaged or destroyed.
To dream that you are a survivor of some disaster or accident means that you will prevail over your current problems.
Male Speaker: You mean whoever they are, will hunt us and kill us. Because there’s something we’re not supposed to know?
A more direct analysis of chase dreams is the fear of being attacked. fears of violence and sexual assault.
Chase dreams are one of several common dream themes, stemming from feelings of anxiety in your waking life. Flee and flight is an instinctive response to a physical threat in the environment. In such dreams, the scenario often features you being pursued by an attacker, an animal, a monster or an unknown figure, who wants to hurt or possibly kill you. Consequently, you run, you hide or you try to outwit your pursuer. Your actions in the dream parallel how you would respond to pressure and cope with fears, stress or various situations in your waking life. Instead of confronting the situation, your dream indicates that you have a tendency to run away and avoid the issue. Ask yourself who is chasing you, so that you can gain a better understanding and insight on the source of your fears and anxieties.
The pursuer or attacker who is chasing you in your dream may also represent an aspect of yourself. Your own feelings of anger, jealousy, fear, and possibly love, can manifest itself as the threatening figure. Or the shadowy figure can symbolize the rejected characteristics of your Self. You may be projecting these feelings onto the unknown chaser. Next time you have a dream of being chased, turn around and confront your pursuer. Ask them why they are chasing you. What are you trying to run from?
Female Speaker: You’re smarter than you look. I don’t know everything – yet. But anyone who knows the truth about this is gone.
Dreaming that someone is missing represents some unresolved issues or feelings pertaining to the missing person.
Male Speaker: You mean gone –- as in – dead?
Death as symbolic of something in your waking life that is changing or ending.
Female Speaker: I think so.
Male Speaker: What’s your role in this conspiracy?
To dream of a conspiracy suggests that you are deceiving others or being deceived by someone. Consider the people who are involved. These people may represent aspects of yourself and thus imply that you are lying to yourself.
Female Speaker: Remember that hole in my suit, no accident. I found out too much. As for your friends, I’m sorry.
To dream that there is a hole in your clothing indicates that there are some flaws in your thinking or thought process.
To dream that you are apologizing to someone refers to your desire for harmony and truth in your waking life.
Male Speaker: Sorry? You might have warned us. You suspected danger.
To dream that you are in danger suggests that you need to be more cautious in some aspect of your life. Alternatively, your negativity and pessimistic attitude is causing you to be depressed about the future.
Female Speaker: I didn’t know they’d crash the rocket, but it makes sense now.
Male Speaker: Sister, I’m a low-class water driller, I’m no warrior.
To see a drill in your dream indicates that you are headed toward a new direction in life. You are opening yourself up to new experiences and insights.
To see water in your dream symbolizes your subconscious and your emotional state of mind.
Female Speaker: The only way getting off this planet is fight or die.
Dreaming that you are unable to make an escape represents a feeling of helplessness or not being able to escape from life’s problems and stresses. Consider the significance and symbolism of where or what you are trying to escape from. The dream may also point to a lack of direction or confidence.
Male Speaker: Okay, I’ll think about it. But listen, you’re the first woman friend I’ve had for over three years. Can you at least tell me your first name so I don’t have to call you Thomas?
To see a woman in your dream represents nurturance, passivity, caring nature, and love. It refers to your own female aspects or your mother.
Female Speaker: Thomas bothers you?
worry, disturb, or upset
Male Speaker: Well, sort of. Not a man’s name.
A name is a term used for identification by an external observer.
To see a man in your dream denotes the aspect of yourself that is assertive, rational, aggressive, and/or competitive.
Female Speaker: Not a man’s name?
Male Speaker: I’d rather not think of you as male.
Fear and anxiety are the most commonly expressed emotions in dreams
Female Speaker: Male, very well. My name’s Kahira – an Irish warrior name for strong women –- but not women friends. Get it? That’s why they call me Thomas.
Male Speaker: Kahira? Nice name. It’s unique.
Kahira is of Arabic origin and means “Warrior.”
Meaning of Kahira. Goddess of Protection.
Meaning: Overpowering, victorious
Female Speaker: Fine. But knowing my name doesn’t make me your woman friend. I don’t care if it’s five years.
Male Speaker: Right, been three years. So what do you propose?
Female Speaker: There’s an entrance, we’ve got to get there. It will take us below the surface.
To dream of a gate represents a threshold in your life. The entry point of a new phase in your life.
Into the subconscious. Below the surface.
Male Speaker: Is it occupied?
Female Speaker: We’ll find out.
Male Speaker: Kahira?
Female Speaker: What?
Male Speaker: Practicing your name.
Female Speaker: You’re a desperate idiot.
Male Speaker: My bad. We can travel inside the robots while we sleep — but they’ll need planetary coordinates. You got anything? Here’s how you get inside these robots.
To see or study a map in your dream suggests that your current life path will lead to fulfillment of your needs and realization of your goals.
Female Speaker: I know that. I’ve had survival training.
Male Speaker: Okay. Once inside, recharge your suit through this cable.
To see an umbilical cord in your dream represents your lack of individuality. You may be expressing some anxiety about being on your own and supporting yourself. Alternatively, an umbilical cord symbolizes your maternal ties. Perhaps you are too emotionally bonded to your mother.
Female Speaker: Right.
Male Speaker: Oh. You know that also. Do you know how to load the planetary coordinates to get us to this entrance?
Female Speaker: I’m no fool.
Male Speaker: Okay, fine. Show me you know this stuff by doing it right now — please. One last thing, here’s a flare gun. If we get separated, use it to identify your location. Sorry, doubting your abilities.
You are being kept in the dark about some problem or issue. You are holding back your emotions.
Female Speaker: You’re forgiven. We better get moving.
To dream that you forgive someone means that it is time to let go of some past grudge, guilt, or resentment so that you can move ahead with your life. … Such dreams are often a waking reflection of your need to forgive. To dream that you are being forgiven indicates that you have accepted some aspect of yourself.
Male Speaker: How long do you estimate it’ll take?
Female Speaker: Hours most likely. I recommend getting some sleep.
Male Speaker: Can we talk?
Female Speaker: No, sleep.
Male Speaker: Kahira, your communication on? Kahira are you there? Hello, hello?
i LOVE “fallible” the music is perfect, your voice with the feminine voice is really great and flows amazing! “the solution… run, run until you ache in your side, and then laugh at the fright that made you run” that line hit me hard. i want to get that as my next tattoo.
i resonated with it, because something in me tells me to run when i’m afraid but something in me says dare them to try harder.
so many times have i looked into sadistic empty eyes and laughed with a mouth full of blood, taunting him, “if your going to hit me, hit me harder. because hesitation is a dead mans game” almost wishing he would have the courage to end my suffering, but he was never so kind, or maybe he just wasn’t brave enough. “laugh at the fright that made you run” that was powerful. that was timeless. my soul connected to those words. thank you for being a genius.
I replied:
Your words are encouraging.
“Fallible” was made for two people in particular. It helps to have an imaginary audience when building something like that. You and me. And anyone like us.
I’m glad you think I’m a genius. It only counts when you say it. Because it takes one to know one.
In 1830, William Dewees wrote to a friend, “It would amuse you very much could you hear the manner in which people in this new country (Texas) address each other. It is nothing uncommon for us to inquire of a man why he ran away from the States! But few persons feel insulted by such a question. They generally answer for some crime or other which they have committed; if they deny having committed any crime, and say they did not run away, they are generally looked upon rather suspiciously.”
When Southerners began leaving their homes, many would simply scrawl “GTT” with chalk on their cabin doors or fence posts — for “Gone To Texas.” In time, GTT became shorthand for “at outs with the law.” Frederick Law Olmsted wrote that residents of other states “appended the initials to the name of every rascal who skipped out.” In 1884 Thomas Hughes observed, “When we want to say that it is all up with some fellow, we just say, ‘G.T.T.’ as you’d say, ‘gone to the devil,’ or ‘gone to the dogs.’ ”
“Gone to Texas” lyrics and vocalization by Steve Teare.
Introductory guitar solo: Edie Van Halen from “Beat It” by Michael Jackson slowed to 136 beats per minutes.
Intro drums “Crazy Hard Rock Metal” drum track excerpt.
Story voice: “The Gunslinger” by Stephen King
ZZTop sound alike: “Texas Techno” by Audionautix
Outro music: “Skinny Leonard” by Audionautix
Illustrations and interpretations by many artists of “The Gunslinger”
