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Companion song to Forge A New Life - Part I, also posted, chronicles what happens after escaping Eastern Europe. Like Part I, this relies heavily on the PowerFX string quartet combined with cool drum loops, cut and arranged in ways they didn't expect, and a heavy dose of lifelike MIDI drums.
The song is in two sections, one that mirrors Part One themes, only this time placing the character in the USA. The second section is a vamp that uses the great drums sounds of GB and some samples I have from my old Ilio DigiDesign Sample CDs.
The song is in two sections, one that mirrors Part One themes, only this time placing the character in the USA. The second section is a vamp that uses the great drums sounds of GB and some samples I have from my old Ilio DigiDesign Sample CDs.
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Lyrics
FORGE A NEW LIFE - PART 2
If the weight that once framed you
and the darkened days are all left behind,
then the mirror of your hidden hope
will reflect on this new place and time.
Working late every night, just to save what you can.
Filing letters full of words unsaid,
in American...
Like a savior that renames,
gives you courage to simply start again,
there's a genius to this crazy land
that reflects upon my face and hands.
I've come to America.
I've come to America.
I've come to America.
I've come to America, America.
Forge a new life.
Forge a new life.
Would I have learned?
Would I have earned the same mind?
Would I have burned the bridge between dreams and home
had I not left in time?
Would I have lost you
had I stayed and lived a lie?
Driven underground, every right every wrong,
wouldn't every passion die?
What of my sons?
And the sons of my sons?
Would they be proud
when the day is done?
When the day is done?
Can't go back home.
Can't go back...
If the weight that once framed you
and the darkened days are all left behind,
then the mirror of your hidden hope
will reflect on this new place and time.
Working late every night, just to save what you can.
Filing letters full of words unsaid,
in American...
Like a savior that renames,
gives you courage to simply start again,
there's a genius to this crazy land
that reflects upon my face and hands.
I've come to America.
I've come to America.
I've come to America.
I've come to America, America.
Forge a new life.
Forge a new life.
Would I have learned?
Would I have earned the same mind?
Would I have burned the bridge between dreams and home
had I not left in time?
Would I have lost you
had I stayed and lived a lie?
Driven underground, every right every wrong,
wouldn't every passion die?
What of my sons?
And the sons of my sons?
Would they be proud
when the day is done?
When the day is done?
Can't go back home.
Can't go back...
the voice is kinda Bowie, the lyrics & music are almost happy and
less-weird Leonard Cohen. interesting stuff, along with part 1.