To the King
by @jeremykazoo
NSFW Skirmish: History Project (@dudachris) Challenge: MORSE CODELiner Notes
Combined a skirmish and weekly challenge.
I have a cassette of my grandfather doing Morse code from decades ago. I sifted through endless beeps to find a few rhythmically fun things that I made into the riffs of this song. I don't know what they mean, I don't know my letters. But the rhythm is from my grandfather who left us over a decade ago.
The story in the lyric is his story serving in WW2. With a bit of his brother's story sprinkled in.
A challenge to write and even more challenging to play. I'll need to.practice this one a lot.
Lyrics
Barely grownup Going on 43 Thrown in a hammock And pushed out to sea
A gun and a sack And a picture of mom Going to fix things Will i come home?
The birds don't sound the same Cant hear them for the planes Going over seas to rain down flame In the name of the king
Props and motors Oil and electricity Wax then down They’ll fly top speed
other flyers They stop on by They like to shoot at our windows They're not nice guys
These birds don't sound the same You can't hear them over the screams over the sea to rain down flame To defeat our King
She had my eye But that night Her cold eyes Weren't right When she looked out They shot the light
The birds don't sound the same Even now I can hear them clearly This goddamn war brings nothing but pain There's no queen. I have no king.
Comments
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Love the back story. My dad was a wireless operator on Lancaster bombers during WW2. There is so much of his experience coming through in hearing your grandfather's story retold. Thanks for this one, nicely done 😎
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Nice write, and a great response to the Morse code prompt! The use of the birds to set the scene works really well.
How fortunate you are to have that recording as a memory of your grandfather.
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Excellent use of your ancestral history!
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I like the storytelling this is really enjoyable!!
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Dude this is a greatly improved take. There's a lot of impressive things happening here, I think the quality of the progression and playing on the chorus "birds don't sound the same" is particularly strong.