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Song 9 is one of those songs that I would definitely like to work more on, and almost certainly will when time allows - a typical "work-in-progress", but not in a "putting myself down"-sort of sense...

My wife is from South Korea, and on one of my visits to that country, I learned of a Korean folk-tale, which tells the story behind the "meeting" of the stars Altair and Vega around the same time every August. I won't go into the full details here (try samedi.livejournal.com/345243.html for a potted summary), but suffice it to say I have often thought of the story since, and wondered how I might approach it in a song.

Here is a first "go" - it's somewhat rough (especially the vocals; I had to keep my voice down due to others in the house), and I have a more ornate arrangement in mind, but this one (vocals, electric guitar and bass guitar) should give you an idea of the direction I'm pointing in.

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As the August sun sets over the hills
The night of all nights now descends
I strain my eyes across the silver stream
Where light and infinity blends

There, gradually, a silhouette forms
The bearing and grace of a queen
Now she and I, reunited once more
But for the river between

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Magpies and crows, come fly from all sides
Carry me back to my love
We’ll meet on the bridge, stars below and above
My one and my only, my bride

The shining white way that kept us apart
For one precious night, lights your face
The morning will part us for one more long year
For now my world is your embrace

Tomorrow you’ll follow the sun to the east
I must take the opposite shore
I’ll herd my flocks while you weave tapestries
Until the day we cross once more

Magpies and crows...

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from Conditions Apply: Demos From FAWM 2014, released March 4, 2014
Composed and performed by TA Walker

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Guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter, often with "electronica", "lo-fi" and "prog" inclinations.

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