Mood:
brightNow Playing: 'True Faith' by New Order (...just see the insert, eh?...)
Topic: General
Been out of town lately (partially explains the lack of posts) and did a bunch of driving there and back. Along the way an unfamiliar classic rock station hit me with a most wonderous little ditty...
Dunno how I ever missed this gem of a song, but it's a real beauty. I'm all but unfamiliar with this group 'New Order' as well. I had to dial them up on iTunes as soon as I got home. In addition to the killer beat, enchanting melody and quirky vocal style, the lyrics are really something else...
'True Faith'
I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
I don't care 'cause I'm not there
And I don't care if I'm here tomorrow
Again and again I've taken too much
Of the things that cost you too much
CHORUS:
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...
When I was a very small boy,
Very small boys talked to me
Now that we've grown up together
They're afraid of what they see*
That's the price that we all pay
Our valued destiny comes to nothing
I can't tell you where we're going
I guess there was just no way of knowing
CHORUS:
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...
I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
The chances are we've gone too far
You took my time and you took my money
Now I fear you've left me standing
In a world that's so demanding
CHORUS:
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...
* (or "they're all doing drugs with me) see the Wikipedia article...
The song's about heroin addiction (about half of all pop songs are, aren't they?), however this tune hit me like a bullet 'cause it's such a spot-on overview of the remaining storyline in TYPERS: after about 42 years of unending warfare (and a war that is not even questioned on an ideological basis) my main characters are gonna have some tough times ahead reconciling their current attitudes and feelings with new revelations about the nature of the Bydo Empire (and, naturally, the "li'l kiddos" inside their ships). Hatred (antipathy, in particular, to make it a blunt cliche...) is like a drug, after all, and all my main characters were, effectively, robbed of their own 'childhoods' because of this ridiculously destructive conflict (in spirit, if not literally...) and for them to get anywhere at all they'll be forced to 'kick their habit' of hate and start lookin' at things differently...
...it's friggin' hard to see things with the eyes of a child, after all, let alone with a child's faith, but that's almost literally what needs to be done...
And then (to be even more cliche) the 'healing' can begin...
Makes me wonder if I should've made this song my personal 'theme song' for the writing project. That's a sticky wicket, 'cause the one true 'theme song' of TYPERS (inasmuch as a book series can have a theme song at all...) is this Steve Miller tune.
...I think it's slightly better, anyway...
Eh, I can't switch anything out, anyway: 'Serenade' is the oft-referenced song in the TYPERS books 'cause it's got personal significance for my main main character Justin Storm (haven't gone into WHY it's so important to him, yet, but that chapter's not too terribly far away...)
Besides, the theme of 'Serenade' is slightly more germane: lost in a sea of stars (and a void of space) the song declares that "the world is your home" (at least, as Justin mishears the lyrics...). In the end, that message is far more important to the ultimate climax I've been planning. The climax involves Justin more than anyone ('natch), but when I think about the song 'True Faith' I realize that its lyrics are actually most representative of the character Sam Rayne (I haven't solidified her backstory yet, but a Bydo-related tragedy set her on her ultimate military path, and away from something very, very different that could've been).
Samantha is the character of least concern in my "holy trinity" though, so my attachment to this song might be related to the fact that I've been trying to round-out her character in my head for some time, now...
I got the 'True Faith' single off iTunes, so I can't shove it up on a mirror site like my other media. The next best thing is, of course, YouTube. Ignore the freaks doin' the 'bump' together... that's just the original music video. Seems that someone didn't quite kick the heroin habit before the video came out, eh?
